Copyright Challenge in New Push for Open Government Data

Posted September 3rd, 2008 by Dan Gillmor
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Carl Malamud, a hero in providing access to information, has posted online the 38-volume California Code of Regulations, over which the state claims copyright ownership. He's been doing things like this for a while, but the California code is a big deal in every respect.

The Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat has the story.

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