Canada Post drops legal claim over crowdsourced postal code database
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1G0QR)
Canada Post claimed a "crown copyright" over the postal codes assigned to Canadian homes, meaning that Canadian organisations and businesses could only use this vital information if they paid -- that is, they'd have to pay to access something their taxes already paid for, and the richer you were, the more access you could afford. (more")