An excellent synopsis of the law from a number of angles.
The original post of this thread did not advocate the return to English-style records and the above reply is a good reason why such a system is less favorable than the modern American systems in place today.
The Project Open Records is not meant to be a substitute or replacement for local public records which the various taxpayer-funded agencies maintain as part of the public trust, but an democratizing of the data for anyone and everyone to view and review readily. Just as Wikipedia posts detailed information about many people, just as MySpace gives insight into personal lives, and just as digital media efforts are giving access to classic literature and works in the public domain, this would do very much the same.
The Right of a few to access the data commercially competes in our industry with the Right of the People to access public data maintained at their expense. The red herring issues about "Privacy Rights" is thrown in as if it is material in this case. The very nature of PUBLIC records subverts the concept of "privacy".
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