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Maps and copyright
I am not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but hopefully its okay to inquire here. I am making a wildlife documentary on Australia and will need to use a few maps of the area. I would zoom in on certain states of Australia to give viewers an idea of the area being traveled etc. I am unclear if I would be doing something illegal if I simply took my video camera and zoomed in on various parts of a map I purchased such as Hema maps. If this would be illegal can anyone suggest some alternatives that wouldnt be too costly?
Thanks!
Don
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My guess is that anything you purchased will be copyrighted.
I just looked and your government website does have maps available.
They’re free for personal/in-house use only though.
Commercial use requires permission and the link is provided.
They don’t say if there’s a fee so you’d have to ask.Your national library is another map resource that may be free.
Once again, be sure to ask permission as this is a commercial project. -
I use maps in my videos. These companies spend a LOT of money to produce the maps, and while they will usually give you (written) permission to use them for free if it’s just a quick clip, they will be really upset if you don’t get permission.
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