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Does your Government (and thus you) actually own its data?
by David Eaves. Governing People, September 21, 2010. "For those who missed it, there was fascinating legal analysis of Public Engines, Inc. effort to sue ReportSee, Inc. the other day on the Berkman centre's Citizen Media Law Project blog. If you haven't read it, I encourage you to take a look. It's more than a legal brief. It is a cautionary tale for every government official. Why is this?.."
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Last updated: 23 September 20101
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- Public Engines to World: Look, But Don't Touch the Crime Data
- by Helen Fu. Citizen Media Law Project, Posted July 7, 2010. "Earlier this spring, Public Engines, Inc. sued ReportSee, Inc. in federal district court in Utah. Both companies maintain websites that publish local crime statistics and information gathered from law enforcement agencies. Public Engines gathers crime data by contracting with law enforcement agencies across the country to provide software and data management services. In contrast, ReportSee primarily gathers its information from public data feeds, police departments and, according to allegations in Public Engine's complaint, by scraping Public Engine's CrimeReports.com website. The complaint alleges breach of contract because scraping violates the terms of service of the website and hot news misappropriation, among other claims..."
Added: 23 September 2010
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