Good morning everyone. The same thing happened to me recently as part of a planning application, and I advised the consultants that they were effectively saying to a regulator "we have assessed the site against criteria which we are not going to divulge to you, and we have found no problem". I told them that it was not acceptable to say this, and that I could not accept that this was what Atkins had in mind when they issued the copyright notice. After a bit of a standoff the GACs were produced.
Anthony
Dr. Anthony Luke
Principal Officer (Contaminated Land)
Transport, Environmental and Community Services
The Highland Council
Environmental Health and Trading Standards
38 Harbour Road
Inverness IV1 1UF
telephone 01463 228703
mobile 07766 298104
-----Original Message-----
From: Contaminated Land Management Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matt Rhodes
Sent: 08 September 2011 10:44
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: GACs copyright
Don't know what went wrong there so I'll try again
I've recently had a phase 2 report submitted for a small plot, adjacent to an old iron works. All is well and good, but the consultant has not included the GACs in the main report, in the belief that this would infringe Atkins copyright.
I've been supplied with the GACs, so they are not attempting to hide anything. However its my belief that the assessment criteria are crucial to the publics understanding of the report, and not including them in the public record renders the whole thing meaningless.
Without dwelling too much on the tedium of copyright law, what are the views of the list. Should reports be accepted without the GACs?
Cheers
______________________________________________
This email has been scanned by Netintelligence
http://www.netintelligence.com/email
Unless related to the business of the Highland Council, the views or opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily reflect those of The Highland Council, or associated bodies, nor does this e-mail form part of any contract unless so stated.
Mura h-eil na beachdan a tha air an cur an cèill sa phost-d seo a’ buntainn ri gnothachas Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd, ‘s ann leis an neach fhèin a chuir air falbh e a tha iad, is chan eil iad an-còmhnaidh a’ riochdachadh beachdan na Comhairle, no buidhnean buntainneach, agus chan eil am post-d seo na phàirt de chunnradh sam bith mura h-eil sin air innse.
|