RTI for citizens Right to Information: [rti_india] Re: Rules Governing republishing of Information acquired under RTI

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.

Sarbajit

--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, "Ramnarayan.K" <ramnarayan.k@...> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Arun <arun_agrawal@...> wrote:
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> > I think that Ram is referring to publication/distribution of RTI related
> > rules .
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> Nope, am referring to "rules" if any that "govern" publication of
> information acquired under the RTI act.
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> Basically can information got under RTI be distributed. It seems a waste if
> one gets info and is not allowed to pass it on further in a more public
> manner.
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> ram
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