Adamant1
Fair enough. I don't expect you to know every little nuance of international copyright laws and differences. You still know way more about it then I do apparently. Even in America. Although I was aware of Texas being a hardcore place for copyright court disputes, I didn't know it transferred over to here. I'll to be extra careful when I'm mapping there. California isn't that strict I don't think. Although it probably depends on the company that is having their information lifted. Its always a role of the dice if the person doesn't have permission I guess. Especially since OSM doesn't have a truck of litigation lawyers to back them up if need be. Its always better to be on the safe side anyway. I'll have to keep an eye out for BayernAtlas and SwissTopo. I usually ignore commentary on notes where the person says they got the information from Google just to be on the safe side to. I don't want to be aiding and abetting. Although that might just be paranoia.  