ACBJ appeals open data ruling in Kentucky

American Metropolis Enterprise Journals, which operates 45 enterprise journals throughout the nation, is interesting a authorized resolution involving an open data case in federal courtroom in Kentucky.

Laurel Deppen of Louisville Enterprise First writes, “The case initially started when Zillow Inc., a Seattle-based expertise actual property market, argued that it shouldn’t be charged a business payment for data from the Property Worth Administrator workplaces in Kentucky as a result of different entities, particularly information organizations, accumulate and publish the identical knowledge and are charged a minimal price.

“LBF previously has used such data in constructing our costliest actual property transactions lists for a given 12 months, which is an editorial product.

“Zillow, as a business enterprise, requested the courtroom to strike down a provision of the Open Data Act that allowed PVAs to cost it business charges. Attorneys for Zillow argued that it was unconstitutional to discriminate between Zillow and a enterprise journal, for instance.

“The decide within the case, Gregory Van Tatenhove, dominated that every entity ought to pay the business charges, mentioned Michael Abate, of Louisville-based Kaplan Johnson Abate & Hen. Abate is representing ACBJ and KPA within the case. KPA intervened after the courtroom’s preliminary ruling and disagrees with the courtroom’s resolution.”

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