Thanks Colm,
On 26 Nov 2012, at 11:44, Colm Howard-Lloyd wrote: > Hi Simon > > They appear to be saying that an FOI request would be refused as the > information is already published. Asked for a copy of their Publication > Scheme (it may already be on their website). Thanks for the tip. I will do that. > > Copyright does not prevent disclosure to a single party under the FOI Act, > ie sending information directly to you does not constitute publishing and > does not infringe IP rights. That's interesting, and good to know. Thanks. > > There is a guide to FOI requests and copyright/intellectual property at > http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/guidance_index/~/media/documents/lib > rary/Freedom_of_Information/Detailed_specialist_guides/intellectual_property > _rights_and_disclosures_under_the_foia.ashx Yes. That's very clear, isn't it. "Copyright does not prevent information being disclosed under the FoI act". So, the sticking point seems to be that they're saying it's already released (but that I can't copy or take it away) - and that I should probably challenge their definition of "released". Simon _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
