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iPod Subway Maps Creator Sees Mixed Reactions From Transit Officials

When William Bright created his iPod Subway Maps Web site in August, he told Associated Press writer David Caruso that it "was supposed to be for fun." Tens of thousands of public transit riders in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Washington, D.C. and other cities have downloaded his maps since then, but he's run into problems from some transportation agencies that say he doesn't have the right to distribute their copyrighted material.

For example, New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) told Mr. Bright in mid-September to "cease and desist," followed soon after by San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). The MTA has since said that it will offer him a one-year license, at a cost of US$500, to distribute the map for free, if he promises to keep it updated.

According to the blog on Mr. Bright's Web site, he's still weighing his options, one of which is to create a map that is different enough from the MTA's that he doesn't violate their copyright. He was able to circumvent his problems with BART by designing an original map that is now available from his site.

On Friday morning, he reported on his blog that Washington, D.C. has given him a free license to use their maps, and he has taken down his Chicago map while he awaits word on a license, which he said "is looking pretty good."

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