Håkon Wium Lie
Norwegian web pioneer who proposed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in 1994 and was chief technology officer of Opera Software from 1999 to 2016.
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Their wordsshares the principles we have fought so hard for: court decisions are public records that must be publicly available.
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Their wordsAnd in 2019, public access means being on the web, for free, in searchable form.
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Their wordsIn the courts, we argued that freedom of speech entitles us to publish documents that are core to a democratic society. And freedom of speech must trump the Database Directive.
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Our reading
Norwegian courts were lenient with Lovdata because of its special status in the legal establishment.
Their wordsWhy were the courts so strict with us and forebearing with Lovdata? I think it has to do with Lovdata's special status in the Norwegian legal establishment.
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Our reading
Norwegian courts erred in not treating Lovdata as a public sector body under the EU PSI Directive.
Their wordsNorway is under the obligation to implement the PSI directive. As such, I think the courts made a mistake when they didn't consider Lovdata to be a «public sector body».
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Their wordsOur experience in the courts further strengthens our belief that court decisions must be made public. Even those that don't do justice.
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Their wordsLaws form the basis of civilized societies. In order for citizens to obey laws, they must also know what they say.