2009/10/6 Philip Potter <[email protected]>:
> For those that haven't heard through the blogs:
>
> http://ernestmarples.com/blog/2009/10/ernest-marples-postcodes-has-been-threatened-by-the-royal-mail/
>
> This has had knock-on effects on the straight choice and others.
>
> There seems to be some discussion that Ernest Marples perhaps wasn't
> accessing the Royal Mail database in the first place -- if not, there
> is presumably no case to answer because they weren't copying the Royal
> Mail's database without licence. Does anyone know where they got their
> data from?
>

I've given a partial analysis here:

http://www.francisdavey.co.uk/2009/07/post-codes-and-database-right.html

There's more to it than that of course. I've also given some
indication as to where the information comes from (in so far as is
publicly known).


-- 
Francis Davey

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