alt Hacker NewsThis is fascinating . I wonder what the mechanism was that punished someone who copied the map. Copyright laws? This appears to be an old strategy so im not sure thats the case.
Other than some sort of social punishment I don’t see the cost for the copier. For the original author there is a cost of making your map less accurate on purpose.
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llljk • today at 4:23 PM
when you're a big corporation, probably no consequences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfWscC87Vg
They're used by map makers to prevent other map makers from freeriding on the original work. They're less worried about personal copies and much more interested in deterring commercial reuse.