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whaleofatw2022yesterday at 9:56 PM1 replyview on HN

Where it gets tricky is that, at least in past US case law, 'maps are facts' and thus cannot be copyrighted as easily (this is part of why published maps often have intentional, hopefully subtle errors in them) [0]

[0] - I believe a specific case was Nintendo vs Prima publishing, which was even involving a map of a fictitious construct.


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dataflowyesterday at 10:36 PM

IIUC that particular case has details that don't fit into the general scenario I mentioned, and they affected its outcome.