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Arizona Court Rules on Public Records Metadata

Lobbyists beware: judge rules metadata is public record, By Jon Stokes, ars technica (October 29, 2009).

“The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the metadata attached to public records is itself a public record. Given the frequency with which metadata outs lobbyists’ and corporations’ efforts to mask their own contributions to public debates, this is a good thing.”

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