Comments on: MTA copyrighting subway maps http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2005/10/01/mta-copywriting-subway-maps/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2005/10/01/mta-copywriting-subway-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-5932 Paul Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:21:26 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=850#comment-5932 Ah. Copyrighting, not copywriting. I was expecting a story about literate maps, produced by copywriters, as opposed to possibly copyright (possibly public domain) maps, produced by cartographers or graphic designers or some such. Actually, I was looking for something about mozilla, but that's a longer story... Besides, I thought that government-produced (or funded) work in the US was supposed to be public domain, rather than copyright. For what it's worth, you can download PDF and GIF format maps of the London Underground from their site. Surely the point of having maps is that passengers will know how to get around? "Meh", I believe, is the appropriate term. Apparently it's the opposite of "woot" :roll: Ah. Copyrighting, not copywriting. I was expecting a story about literate maps, produced by copywriters, as opposed to possibly copyright (possibly public domain) maps, produced by cartographers or graphic designers or some such.

Actually, I was looking for something about mozilla, but that’s a longer story…

Besides, I thought that government-produced (or funded) work in the US was supposed to be public domain, rather than copyright. For what it’s worth, you can download PDF and GIF format maps of the London Underground from their site. Surely the point of having maps is that passengers will know how to get around?

“Meh”, I believe, is the appropriate term. Apparently it’s the opposite of “woot” :roll:

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