Posted by
Olivier Charbonneau on
Feb 09, 2007; 4:59pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/front-de-liberation-de-codes-postal-tp884p891.html
Hi Civic Access !
I am sorry for not responding to these emails - many fires to take care
of (and many more to start). First off, I am not a lawyer and this is
forwarded on the list for discussion purposes only. Facts are not
protected by copyright, UNLESS there is some originality in the
selection. An exhaustive list of facts CANNOT BE PROTECTED BY
COPYRIGHT. On the other hand, one could impose CONTRACTUAL limitations
to using data (unoriginal compilation of facts)... but not within the
copyright framework.
This being said, I can get the major library association to support
this action - in fact, I am working on a coalition of
consumer/library/education institutions, and I hope to be able to
provide documentation in the next few months... but in the interim,
once a consensus is reached from your group, please contact me directly
(I can't read all the posts on the list - no time) and we<ll discuss
how we can get the library organisations on board.
Take care group - and congratulations for the awsome energy and work !
Olivier
PS. here is what I am working on these days:
http://www.booknetcanada.com/events/index.html
(look at the panel at 4:15 on March 21st)
Many thanks! Merci et au plaisir!
Olivier Charbonneau
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Hugh McGuire wrote:
of course it's a civicaccess action ;-) !
actually thinking about this... and this is how I envision
CivicAccess progressing... as a central place where the spokes of
many different projects all join with a shared belief in free data
access. but we really need the projects (some exist already, eg:
howdtheyvote.ca, openpolitics.ca, netizen-news.ca etc; some could be
new initiatives of/inspired by civicaccess ... or just related to the
mission).
h.
On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
I think this is a great idea and I would really like it if could be
considered as as CivicAccess or COACID action.
For those who might be able to get something like this off the ground.
There is tons of great information here:
http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/CensusAction
It was an activity primarily aimed at the CENSUS however some of the
documentation can be used for the Free the Postal Code Data as well
and
there was some good discussion.
I created a spot for people to collaborate here:
http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/Actions, I did not know how you wanted to
call it or what the tagline should so edit away.
Hugh McGuire wrote:
I suggest in addition to data cracking/hacking work, we consider
writing an open letter to the government agencies & ministers,
opposition MPs, and journalists, and try to put some pressure on. And
get an online petition going (I don't think they do much, but they
give something for bloggers to link to). This should be accompanied
by a concerted attempt to get specific organizations to support the
project (NGOs & universities, but also, say, the Bloc, the NDP, maybe
even the now-oppositional Liberals).
perhaps a url? FLCP.ca ... Front de Liberation Code Postal ... it's
available! ;).
Again, this "tiny" little data project demonstrates so clearly the
dunderheadedness of Canada's govt data policies, in a way that many
people could understand.
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