Re: VMs: "Voynich Controversy"...?

[Koontz John E <John.Koontz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> > I recently read about how the Ordnance Survey was able to catch a
> > company illegally selling their maps by adding some non-existent roads
> > to a disused air-force base (IIRC), which amounts to much the same
> > thing.

My understanding is that US roadmaps, e.g., the sort they used to give out
for free in gas stations, that you now buy for $5-$10 in stores, are
always made with some obscure false datum in them - a spurious road or
town, etc. - for precisely the same reason.

Stealing of Internet-accessible databases for comercial reasons is now a
recognized crime.  There's even a verb for it, though, perhaps because I
am old enough to remember free maps in filling stations, I can't remember
it ... strip-mining?  There was an insance where a student-tours travel
agency sued a competitor for stealing the itinerary and pricing
information from their web site using a program specially written for the
purpose.
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