NYC & SF iPod Subway Map Controversy

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."

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Freundlich

[Einherjer]

funny thing is that "Freundlich" in German means something along the way of "friendly","cordial","pleasant" :-)

Re:Technically, they're right

[CptTripps]

That was my thought too...it's not like they are SELLING the maps. I'd venture a guess that only about 5%-10% of the people that rids that system every day have an iPod, and lets say 5% of them have the map...are they REALLY loosing anything?

To the Subway iPod thingy Programmer: Shame on you for not asking first...but nice job

To the Subway People: Shame on you for being this petty.

To the Subway Restaurants: I'll take a Cold-Cut Combo with Lettuce, Green Peppers, Black Olives, and Salt & Pepper.

Re:I grew up in NYC

[jeti]

The copyright is necessary as an incentive to produce subway maps in the first place.

Re:Technically, they're right

[deaddrunk]

are they REALLY loosing anything?

No they're restraining something.

Re:what does this have to do with apple?

[Anonymous Coward]

in what way is this an apple story?

The story is on Slashdot. It isn't a Google story. It isn't a Microsoft bash. Therefore it's an Apple story. Simple process of elmination.

Re:Technically, they're right

[Anonymous Coward]

It's comments like these that make me glad I browse with Flamebait at +6.