[Gllug] [OT] ripping us off with our data

[Rich Walker]

Don Williams <don at rose963.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Hello again. I hope for a constructive result from my punitive
> experience of once-Great Britain's national archives and their
> accessibility - is there usable functionality in the fairly considerable
> database software I installed with Debian that could, without charge
> that is, talk to and interrogate the National Archive databases enough
> for me to build my family tree?

If you could get to the database, then probably.

> 	Or is there a general and silent acquiescence in the Microsoft-like
> protection of an arbitrarily-created income stream?

I think you want to talk to the Open Rights Group about access to
government data issues...

By the way, I have some recollection that using the paper archives
incurs charges for copies of the results. Are those charges comparable
to the £7 or so they are charging for a certified copy?

cheers, Rich.


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