On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:55 PM, sarbajitr <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Dear Ram > > Notwithstanding the wish list of some of our members (if wishes were horses > beggars would ride <wink>), the legal position is very clear - information > of any kind disclosed / obtained in RTI cannot be reproduced legally. > > Leaving aside the OSA, the copyright of all such information continues to > vest in the State. For example if you buy a priced publication (say copy of > BIS standard IS:1234/1972) for Rs. 250 under section 4 process or otherwise > you cannot reproduce it or any part thereof without specific permission of > the copyright holder. Likewise if you obtain copies of some Govt file at > Rs.2 per page reproduction charge, you cannot further mass distribute it at > Rs.0.40 per page xeroxing charge on No-Profit basis. Lastly, it is entirely > possible (and very legal) that the State may decide to give Mr.X some > information in RTI but decline exactly the same info to Mr.Y. > I think what will have to ne done is to refer to such information being available, and where ? and also wrapping it around an analysis or providing some parts of the data acquired etc , in order to facilitate more access to information thanks for the clear responses, future directions are clear ram
