Cases
ePSIplus - Europe's One-Stop Shop on Public Sector Information (PSI) Re-use
ePSIplus is documenting legal cases and decisions with a bearing on public sector information (PSI) re-use issues. The documentation on these cases includes comprehensive summaries including references and links.
These cases are published here on this page in chronological order with the most recent first. To access cases pertaining to a particular country or ePSIplus theme use the Advanced Search Content (right hand side of web pages).
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UK Map data: newspaper debate (31 October 2003)
Correspondence in the Independent Newspaper during October 2003 on the sale of map data and exploitation of Crown Copyright by Ordnance Survey, the UK mapping agency Trading Fund.
Independent Newspaper
PSI Re-users Dispute with UK Environment Agency (1 September 2003)
In a case that will have enormous impact on the regulation of relations between government agencies and commercial re-users of PSI in the UK, Landmark Information Group and Sitescope, the two major UK providers of online property and environmental information services supporting property transactions, have lodged formal complaints against the UK Environment Agency with the Office of Fair Trading.
Highest Court: Public databases are still sui-generis protected (9 April 2003)
Highest Court of Austria (OGH)
Plaintiff: Austrian Ministry of Justice (BMJ)
Defendent: CMD and Compass Publishing House
Green Amps Limited
The case Between: The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (First Claimant) and the Ordnance Survey (Second Claimant) against Green Amps Limited (Defendant).
Landmark Nederland BV v Amsterdam City Council
The Netherlands: The case between: Landmark and Amsterdam City Council
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