Bullsh1t. Any roadmap can be copyrighted.
And ever since the London tube subway maps arent to scale.
Bullsh1t. Any roadmap can be copyrighted.
Yes, the map as a product can be copyrighted.
But that’s not what he did. He drew up his own map using the ‘fact’ that what trains use what stations and go where.
No different than Rand-McNally trying to copyright the route between Houston and Dallas and no one else can produce a map showing that route.
To quote you, BS!
He did not make a copy of the MTA map and sell it as his own. In fact, apparently someone made a copy of ‘his’ map and was selling it online.
A map can be copyrighted, but another person can create and copyright their own map.
Thats why maps will (or used to) have fake features, like non-existent roads or streams - so proof of copying can be established.
The MAP can be copyrighted. The DATA on the map cannot. Just because you’ve made a map of a city doesn’t mean somebody else can’t.