Judy Nokes
After some years working as a journalist as Chief Reporter and court reporter, I became the Conference and Event Organiser for the International Brazilian Investment Bank Unibanco and in 2002 joined her Majesty’s Stationery Office as Copyright and Information Policy Adviser. HMSO became part of The National Archives in 2006.
Practice Area
Panels
- Consulting Editorial Board
- Contributing Author
Education
- National College for the Training of Journalists Certificate of Proficiency in Journalism
- The Alice Ottley School Worcester
- Modern three-year apprenticeship as a journalist for the Thomson Group Newspapers
2 Contributions by Judy Nokes
PRACTICE NOTES
Crown copyright in the United Kingdom: definition, ownership, licensing (Open Government Licence), management, duration (including database rights), delegations, assignment and enforcement
Historical and policy context
arose in response to widespread piracy of government publications in the 19th century—particularly ordnance maps—which highlighted the necessity for copyright safeguards. Statutory began with the Copyright Act 1911, which confirmed in government works. It was recognised that the ordinary taxpayer should be shielded from the narrow commercial interests of a few who might secure private gain through unrestricted reproduction of ‘official matter’. The legend ‘ reserved’ was first applied in 1912. Under the transparency agenda of the 2010–15 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government, there was a clear drive to open up government, in order to:
strengthen public accountability
support public service improvement by generating more comparative data and increasing user choice
stimulate economic growth by helping third parties develop products and services based on public information
Given the government’s promotion of open data and transparency, the use and re-use of material is encouraged, and for this reason the Open Government Licence was introduced. See Practice Note: Open Government Licence. What is ? is defined under section 163 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) as ‘works made by officers...
Public Law
PRACTICE NOTES
UK Open Government Licence and UKGLF: legal framework for re-use of public sector information, interoperability, adoption, v3.0 updates, charging and redress under the RPSI Regulations 2015
The public sector ranks among the UK’s biggest and most consequential repositories of information. Championing the use and re-use of public sector material brings substantial economic gains while also energising democratic participation and openness. Re-using public sector information sits squarely within the government’s transparency programme and its backing for open data. The evolution of open licensing, such as (OGL), makes re-use simpler and more attractive.
This Practice Note explores the growth of open licensing, with particular focus on the UK Government Licensing Framework (UKGLF) and the OGL.
Policy context
In the UK, growing attention is being paid to the essential contribution that public sector information makes to society, across both public and private spheres, from economic and social viewpoints across the country and sectors today...
Public Law
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