PD - Statistics Canada regards company SIC information as confidential. They used to sell company information but it was abused and Statistics Canada discontinued the sale of this type of information. PD - for public information, we shouldn't have to value add just put it into a framework to access it. SH - departments have informal sharing of information if one department can't afford to purchase the information or there are confidentiality requirements. Copyright laws utilize collectives they sign agreements to cover usage and fees.
More information is open now and accessible via the internet.
AL - in the U.S. they have gone towards open access anything of public interest is accessible. Fees are for access only. MN - in the U.S. government information is not copyrighted. In Canada government information is copyrighted. SH - the government needs a policy to cover security clearances.