Re: MPs by postal code

Posted by Cory Horner on Mar 25, 2007; 2:29am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/MPs-by-postal-code-tp959p972.html

>> Daniel: superb. Is the database open (& legal!) for all to use? ...
>>    
> Thanks! As far as I'm concerned, yes. As for the government, I hope so.
>
> :)
>
> The list of MPs clearly ought to be in the public domain. I'm only
> caching results from the postal code lookups, and not attempting to
> build a complete database, so I believe I'm in the clear for that too.
>  

It would be nice if we could use this data, but I don't think that this
is legal.  Given that the data costs thousands to acquire, scraping it
from their website would not be considered fair play.  Perhaps we should
contact the site and ask for a clarification on their use restrictions.

In actuality, we should be lobbying for the release of this data under
more accessible licensing terms from the people that make it.  This was
our original intent, no?

Cory.