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Copyright protection may justify refusal to disclose third party copyrighted material under access to information law.
A public information officer may refuse a request for access to information where providing access would involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person other than the State; this authorises refusal to disclose material that would violate third party copyright, without prejudice to other exemptions.
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