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Who Owns CPD Alerts and Data?: justin massa - Added: February 2, 2010; Tags: Local, Chicago, open government, government 2.0, gov 2.0, copyright, Intellectual Property, EveryBlock, EveryBlock.com, Nixle, Nixle.com, crime data, crime alert, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Jody Weis, Chicago Tribune

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February 2, 2010 at 11:53am EST

John Dunlevy says:

"That last line, which claims Nixle, LLC owns the copyright and has 'all rights reserved', is both confusing and troubling. The information contained in the alert was provided by CPD and, unless Nixle.com is actually creating the text of each one, belongs to the CPD and the residents of Chicago." (via Gapers Block)

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