2011/10/24 Mark Goodge <[email protected]>: > > That looks an interesting site (seems broken at the moment, but I presume > that's merely an artifact of it still being in beta). Do you know, and if so > are you able to share, how they managed to obtain the data from Companies > House? >
I'm specifically authorised to share something about it. They buy all their data from Companies House (who have various bulk buy deals which are fairly simple) and then upload it to their web server. Simples. Copyright problems are avoided by section 47 of the CDPA 1988: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/47 Note: anyone with the ear of government ministers or who could put me in touch with someone who would really listen, a simple amendment to section 47 could prevent a lot of silliness about copyright in FOIable information, just as a simple amendment to the Defamation Act 1996 could for libel. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ 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
