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NYC & SF iPod Subway Map Controversy

Posted by Zonk on from the free-as-in-beer dept.

scruffy323 writes "NYC and San Francisco are claiming copyright violations for freely distributed subway maps." From the Wired piece: "More than 9,000 people downloaded the map, which was viewable on either an iPod or an iPod nano, before Bright received a Sept. 14 letter from Lester Freundlich, a senior associate counsel at New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority, saying that Bright had infringed the MTA's copyright and that he needed a license to post the map and to authorize others to download it."

2 of 361 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Although I do not like MTA by thinkzinc · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I really thought the idea of putting my subway map onto my iPod was cool.

    This guys seems like a tool. It sure looks like he's passing the map off as his own. "My subway map"?

  2. Re:Technically, they're right by Scudsucker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes and my taxes pay for Number 10 Downing Street (the UK prime minister's residence) so I should be able to live there for free, right? right?

    But do you pay those taxes to live there? No. Do you pay taxes for public transport so you can use it? Of course.

    Your logic is flawed.

    And your logic is fucking stupid.