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authorfrancis <francis>2008-08-29 17:36:00 +0000
committerfrancis <francis>2008-08-29 17:36:00 +0000
commitb1574a6a507284fb75b5ea96ee38bb6aa0aea253 (patch)
tree5f1f07dcd8f1f62cf5143682407be02f91e3345f
parent0b3bdfa5896306fe9ad8262d954ab71373516a92 (diff)
Remove copyright section, as it is much more complicated than it says.
(See email thread "Pseudonyms")
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@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ simply reply to the request as you would any other request from an individual.
The only difference is that your response will be automatically published on
the Internet.
</p>
-<p>If you have privacy or copyright concerns, please read the answers below.
+<p>If you have privacy or other concerns, please read the answers below.
You might also like to read this page <a
href="/help/about">from the top</a> to find out more about what
the site does from the point of view of a user. You can also search the
@@ -282,16 +282,6 @@ block them when that happens. </p>
<a href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1142/response/2894/attach/5/20080806100741260.pdf">letter from the ICO to Rother District Council</a> gives some guidance on the matter.</p>
</dd>
-<dt id="copyright">Won't I be breaking copyright law by sending a response that you then publish?</dt>
-
-<dd>No, you will simply be replying to an FOI request by email (the "expressed
-preference" of the requester, under
-<a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000/plain/ukpga_20000036_en#pt1-pb1-l1g11">section
-11(1)</a> of the Freedom of Information Act). That we are later republishing your
-response is a separate matter, and not something which FOIA lists as a reason
-for rejecting a request.
-</dd>
-
<dt id="names">Isn't it a problem that you publish the names of civil servants
and the text of emails?</dt>