Thanks Francis, On 26 Nov 2012, at 11:56, Francis Davey wrote:
> > They appear to be relying on section 25: > > http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/25 That tells me: "(a) may be reasonably obtainable even if payment is required for access to it;" That tells me that their argument that I can pay £50 to view (though not copy or take away), therefore FOI does not apply, is probably valid. > > But they are also saying something about copyright. As Colm says that may be > a confusion of theirs. > [...] section 47 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Have a read > of it: > > http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/47 > > What this means in practice is *if* the building warrant is open to public > inspection - which does appear to be their position - then they could give > you permission to take copies, but they don't have to if they don't want to. > If they are merely nervous - rather than being deliberately awkward - then > this point might carry some weight. Yes. That's interesting. I find it odd that they release *planning* documents online as a matter of course, but not *building regulations* documents. Perhaps Structural Engineers are more concerned about their IP than Architects...!? My next most sensible step I think will be to contact the owner of the copyright (whom I presume to be the Structural Engineer). I have no reason to doubt that the design is good, just the implementation - so they may be happy to release. > Talk to me privately about it if you like - though my time tends to be a bit > limited. Thank you for the offer, I appreciate that. > Simon
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