11th August 2008, 04:19 PM
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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
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I can understand that this might be the situation with pre-planning work, hence the problem with the Wessex report mentioned in the BA article, but once a brief has been issued this surely cannot be the case.
In matters of 'client confidentiality' if you made an agreement saying you will not pass on copies of the report to third parties then fair enough, but I wouldn't personally automatically assume that it was forbidden. Any client may 'request' that reports are considered confidential but unless they do so they are not. It is entirely a matter of copyright otherwise. You might want to be careful who you give copies to however. Speaking from my own experience, I don't think I have ever worked on a project where it was deemed so sensitive that giving a third party a copy of the report would have been a major problem. Perhaps I am fortunate in that sense.
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
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I can understand that this might be the situation with pre-planning work, hence the problem with the Wessex report mentioned in the BA article, but once a brief has been issued this surely cannot be the case.
In matters of 'client confidentiality' if you made an agreement saying you will not pass on copies of the report to third parties then fair enough, but I wouldn't personally automatically assume that it was forbidden. Any client may 'request' that reports are considered confidential but unless they do so they are not. It is entirely a matter of copyright otherwise. You might want to be careful who you give copies to however. Speaking from my own experience, I don't think I have ever worked on a project where it was deemed so sensitive that giving a third party a copy of the report would have been a major problem. Perhaps I am fortunate in that sense.