Open Data Civil Disobedience

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Hey gang;

I just did a bit of open access civil disobedience and probably
violated some copyright law, but alas, the situation had become too
exasperating and a little nudge was required.  You can read about it
on datalibre.ca

Open Data Open City? McKellar Park / Highland Park / Westboro Area
Traffic Management Study
http://datalibre.ca/2011/09/21/open-data-open-city-mckellar-park-highland-park-westboro-area-traffic-management-study/

You'll also see typical correspondence on this type of issue.  Open
Data policies need to be accompanied by Open Government policies, and
Open Government policies need to be taught, nurtured and enforced,
especially when the city has already endorsed these policies.  I
understand the constraints, but really! This is so benign.

Cheers
t

[Mark Weiler-2]

Tracey,

I'm not sure it's an act of civil disobedience because a copyright infringement does not occur in situations where the fair dealing clause applies (which *allows* reproduction for purposes in some cases, including news reporting). Glad to hear you are ordering the minutes/reports via the municipal FOIPOP act, which provides a route of assured access. It's kind of like downloading documents across a computer network with a reliable byte stream.

Mark

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Good!  So I am civilly fair re-publishing a document in its entirety!
Excellent!

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Mark Weiler <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Tracey,
>
> I'm not sure it's an act of civil disobedience because a copyright
> infringement does not occur in situations where the fair dealing clause
> applies (which *allows* reproduction for purposes in some cases, including
> news reporting). Glad to hear you are ordering the minutes/reports via the
> municipal FOIPOP act, which provides a route of assured access. It's kind of
> like downloading documents across a computer network with a reliable byte
> stream.
>
> Mark
>
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