![]() In just a few years, OpenStreetMap has succeeded in producing highly detailed maps that rival those created by national bodies and big tech companies such as Google and Nokia. The increased importance of the EU in matters of tech regulation also played a role: "We could more effectively lobby the EU EU governments and have more of an impact, especially in countries where there is no local chapter," Rischard wrote. This is the best tl dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. The increased importance of the EU in matters of tech regulation also played a role: “We could more effectively lobby the EU EU governments and have more of an impact, especially in countries where there is no local chapter,” Rischard wrote. ![]() Other concerns Rischard listed include the increasing complexity and cost of “banking, finance and using PayPal in the UK”, the inability for the organisation to secure charitable status, and the loss of. But since Brexit, any database made on or after 1 January 2021 in the UK will not be protected in the EU, and vice versa. Maps, as a simple factual representation of the world, are not covered by copyright in the same way, but until Brexit were covered by an EU-wide agreement that protected databases where there had been “a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the data”. While both have an agreement to recognise copyright protections, that only covers work which is creative in nature. One “important reason”, Rischard said, was the failure of the UK and EU to agree on mutual recognition of database rights. “There is not one reason for moving, but a multitude of paper cuts, most of which have been triggered or amplified by Brexit,” Guillaume Rischard, the organisation’s treasurer, told members of the foundation in an email sent earlier this month. Following Brexit, the organisation says the lack of agreement between the UK and EU could render its continued operation in Britain untenable. OpenStreetMap Foundation, which was formally registered in 2006, two years after the project began, is a limited company registered in England and Wales.
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