Re: [rti_india] Re: Rules Governing republishing of Information acquired under RTI

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Re: [rti_india] Re: Rules Governing republishing of Information acquired under RTI

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:55 PM, sarbajitr <sroy1947@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Ram

Notwithstanding the wish list of some of our members (if wishes were horses beggars would ride <wink>), the legal position is very clear - information of any kind disclosed / obtained in RTI cannot be reproduced legally.

Leaving aside the OSA, the copyright of all such information continues to vest in the State. For example if you buy a priced publication (say copy of BIS standard IS:1234/1972) for Rs. 250 under section 4 process or otherwise you cannot reproduce it or any part thereof without specific permission of the copyright holder. Likewise if you obtain copies of some Govt file at Rs.2 per page reproduction charge, you cannot further mass distribute it at Rs.0.40 per page xeroxing charge on No-Profit basis. Lastly, it is entirely possible (and very legal) that the State may decide to give Mr.X some information in RTI but decline exactly the same info to Mr.Y.

I think what will have to ne done is to refer to such information being available, and where ? and also wrapping it around an analysis or providing some parts of the data acquired etc , in order to facilitate more access to information

thanks for the clear responses, future directions are clear

ram

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