WTBTS/JW's Copyright Hypocrisy?

by The Fall Guy 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  The Fall Guy

  I remember one congregation's territory maps used to be copied from an Ordnance Survey map , which is Crown Copyrighted and requires a licence fee to do so. Naughty JW's.

  https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/licences/paper-map-copying.html

  AFAIK, JW congregations don't employ professional map-makers, (cartographers) so how do all the UK congregations obtain such copyrighted items for their business?

  Maybe someone will throw some "new light" on this, e.g. former elders.
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  purrpurr

  Every UK Cong I've been in has used os maps
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  Simon

  it used to be a physical map cut up, which wouldn't be a violation IMO

  Incidentally, an interesting piece of trivia: map makers add fake things to maps to catch people copying theirs. Some of these even include fake towns and roads that don't exist.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiATy-FfjI
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JllpzZgAAl8