I have a reply... (see below) (not sure what 'intellectual copyright' means...). I am happy to not have a post code, but other members of my family may not be... So needs a bit of consideration... I'm going to ask what the 'consideration' consists of...
Paul /)/+) --- Dear Paul The postcode was devised by Royal Mail, for Royal Mail's use. We own the intellectual copyright to all postcodes, therefore we are entitled to sell this information as we see fit. If we remove your property from the Postal Address File (PAF) this could impact postal deliveries (not just from Royal Mail but other couriers also). In addition to this because financial institutions such as banks, credit reference agencies and insurance companies etc drawn their information from PAF this could also impact your ability to obtain certain goods and services. Under the Universal Service Obligation if we receive a piece of mail we MUST deliver it to the address stated on the envelope unless we are physically unable to. If you still wish to remove your property from PAF please send your address to us for consideration of removal. 2009/10/6 paul perrin <[email protected]> > Just sent the following ot the post office. > Hi I object to royal mail making a profit from my post code. So I would > like information on boycotting all royal mail services - including > letter/parcel delivery to a specific person at a specific address. Also, how > would I go about having my property removed from the PAF. > > So I'll shut up for now :-) > > Paul /)/+) > > 2009/10/6 paul perrin <[email protected]> > > Your view is utopian - if postcodes were to be freed then it would almost >> certainly have happened by now... wishing it were different doesn't cause >> change. >> If there were new codes and if royal mail decide not to recognise them, >> then you could use an alternative delivery service that does... >> >> Paul /)/+) >> >> 2009/10/6 Paul Waring <[email protected]> >> >>> paul perrin wrote: >>> >>> > For some time I have thought that the public should boycott post >>> > codes... develop an open source alternative and use that... >>> >>> How can you boycott postcodes? If you don't put postcodes on your mail >>> there's an increased chance that it will be delayed or lost in the >>> sorting offices of the Royal Mail. >>> >>> > Couldn't postcodes be extracted from a public source via an freedom of >>> > information request? >>> >>> How would that help? It's not a problem of getting at the data (you >>> could just buy a copy of the PAF from the Royal Mail if you really >>> wanted to), it's being able to use it. Just because you get some >>> information via FoI, it doesn't mean that you can use it however you >>> want. >>> >>> > It can't be difficult - and if the switch over make is difficult for >>> the >>> > authorities, that is their look out... should have listened earlier. >>> >>> If the switch over is made difficult for the authorities then they >>> simple won't bother doing it. As Royal Mail probably sorts and delivers >>> the majority of your mail I think they have the upper hand in enforcing >>> a system for identifying addresses. :) >>> >>> Besides, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with postcodes as a >>> concept, the only issue is that the data (more specifically the mapping >>> from a location to a postcode and back again) is not freely available >>> for anyone to use. It would be much better to see the data made >>> available rather than invent an entirely new and unsupported system to >>> do the same thing. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> -- >>> Paul Waring >>> http://www.pwaring.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list [email protected] >>> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >>> >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >>> >> >> >
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