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joshfinnie · on April 21, 2011

Right, but I am not sure how a POI database has any sense of copyright-ability. Feist v. Rural states that a collection has to have a minimal requirement of creativity.

Foursquare and its venue classifications are probably can be argued for, but strict POIs are probably not.

All in all, I have to say thank you to SimpleGeo though. This is a huge step in the right direction.

_pius · on April 21, 2011

Foursquare and its venue classifications are probably can be argued for, but strict POIs are probably not.

True.

All in all, I have to say thank you to SimpleGeo though. This is a huge step in the right direction.

Agreed on that! Good for them too ... great example of commoditizing one's complements.

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