11th August 2008, 02:46 PM
'I could be wrong, but I would expect the copyright of the reports to remain with the company that produced it (was it Wessex in this case?), unless they did something crazy like sign it over to the client. That should mean that Thames Water have no right to stop them passing a copy on to a third party (such as someone doing research in the area) even if it has not been sumitted as part of a planning application and therefore not made it into the local HER.
I would never consider doing work for someone who told me what I could or could not do with the reports afterwards, that is riduculous.'
RedEarth - this is known as client confidentiality. It has nothing to do with copyright - any client may request that reports are regarded as confidential in order to safeguard their (perceived) interests. Once deemed confidential, such reports cannot be passed to any third party without permission of the client.
Beamo
I would never consider doing work for someone who told me what I could or could not do with the reports afterwards, that is riduculous.'
RedEarth - this is known as client confidentiality. It has nothing to do with copyright - any client may request that reports are regarded as confidential in order to safeguard their (perceived) interests. Once deemed confidential, such reports cannot be passed to any third party without permission of the client.
Beamo