iPod subway maps under fire

iPod users in a score of cities from Los Angeles to Tokyo have been enjoying iPod subway maps downloaded for free from William Bright's iPodSubwayMaps.com. That site is now under fire from transit authorities in New York City and San Francisco, who have issued cease and desist letters for alleged copyright infringement. After receiving letters from legal counsel for New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority and website manager for San Francisco's BART, Bright removed the disputed maps, but he didn't stop there. He's designing his own versions of the maps and posting those for free download. Bright posted his version of the San Francisco BART map on Friday. His NYC Subway System map is reportedly in progress. The cease and desist letters are available to read on Bright's site. More details at Wired News.

Update: The iPodSubwayMaps site went off-line shortly after this post. iPodSubwayMaps.com now redirects you to a page that says: "This account has been suspended." So we get another lesson in power in America.
Further update: iPodSubwayMaps.com is back online. See Bill Bright's comment below. Bill — thanks for letting us know it was just a bandwidth problem.