Comment 114773

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted November 10, 2015 at 10:00:57 in reply to Comment 114761

And so the fact that it is impossible to link to pdf's of council meeting agendas because they are only temporary is a feature not a bug because it helps innocent Hamiltonians avoid being charged for publishing or copying a link to the information?

This is just Orwellian: it is actually illegal to publicly share any information published on the City website even via a link (e.g. on Facebook or twitter)?

Note that, as far as I know, this regulation is itself illegal because it is counter to the fair use provisions of the copyright act since prohibits transfer or publishing anything in whole or in part!

Taken literally (as the clerks seem to want to when the urge strikes) it means that the City website is strictly useless: you couldn't even print out an agenda for your own use, or print out the recycling guidelines since that would be "copying"! This regulation is just nonsense and would obviously be struck down if it were challenged in court.

And how does it gibe with the City's Open Data goal?

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2015-11-10 11:01:59

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