cyrano@piefed.social to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 hours agoFlock Cameras are PUBLIC DOMAIN in Washington state. You can file a FOIA for your Flock data. Now police say that citizens getting public docs are now a "privacy concern".www.kgw.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkFlock Cameras are PUBLIC DOMAIN in Washington state. You can file a FOIA for your Flock data. Now police say that citizens getting public docs are now a "privacy concern".www.kgw.comcyrano@piefed.social to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 hours agoI may have misread but it seems the article says the records are qualify as public records and so can be requested by anyone. That’s not the same thing as public domain, unless I’m mistaken.
minus-squareAmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoYes, it’s different. Public records can be public domain. Public domain works can be requested with a public record request. Not all public record requests will result in public domain licensed documents being released.
I may have misread but it seems the article says the records are qualify as public records and so can be requested by anyone.
That’s not the same thing as public domain, unless I’m mistaken.
Yes, it’s different.
Public records can be public domain. Public domain works can be requested with a public record request. Not all public record requests will result in public domain licensed documents being released.