@MapComplete btw, I got "yelled at" on OSM for adding a lot of images of menus in restaurants using MapComplete.
One of the reasons cited was not having a license for taking image of the menu and another was some restaurants not wanting to publish their prices on the internet.
While I don't agree with either of these arguments it might be useful to add a hint about asking restaurant staff about publishing these images.
I'd be very curious about opinions on the topic in any case!
#OSM
MapComplete
in reply to Ame • • •Well, that sucks!
I'm not particularly worried about copyright, because:
- Often, there is very little creative work involved in creating a menu, thus copyright does not apply
- As restaurant, you do have create and have to publicly publish your menu in your normal operations, so database rights don't apply as well
- At last, the picture is actually saved on imgur. As such, they will get the takedown request ;)
Ame
in reply to MapComplete • • •I think there can be pretty designs on menus, so copyright can apply there I feel
I agree with the other points though, we don't worry about copyright infringement on wikidata either, that is handled on their side!