[LINK] Copyright and the Public Record
David Boxall
david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Wed Nov 20 11:13:13 AEDT 2013
A small incident that Linkers might find interesting.
A while back, the local council exhibited a development proposal that
has attracted a deal of opposition. When the exhibition period ended, I
found that I could no longer access files associated with the
development application.
I asked how I could now access the files. The answer I got was that, for
copyright reasons, I could only read paper copies in Council's offices.
Development Applications are public records. I imagine moral rights
(attribution, etc.) persist. Restricting access or use in any other way
seems a little dodgy to me.
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David Boxall | Drink no longer water,
| but use a little wine
http://david.boxall.id.au | for thy stomach's sake ...
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