That wouldn’t fix anything. There would be a site reselling it for a lower price or a large subscription fee for a specific area.
Almost anything made by governments is public domain so it’s legal.
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Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoSimple improvement: Add a fee to access the personally identifiable information. And make the record of accessing the information public.
Not perfect, but better.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Tell that to my town clerk, charging $20 to take pictures of documents with your own phone. This is based on Sec. 1-212 part g (the bottom) of state law And, as a local history researcher, it bites ass.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
It’s still public domain.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Accurate. I both misread your comment and I have a bee in my bonnet about a $20 fee to take pictures of something you can examine for free.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I believe some things (like DMV records) are fee based. But the fee is nominal and wouldn’t stop any predator from doing bad things if they are so inclined. The only thing adding fees does is to financially incentivize keeping the data online and accessible to anybody who pays.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
It might slow down people from doing it in bulk, though.