Alastair Crawford

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Alastair Crawford
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Alastair Crawford is CEO and founder of i-CD Publishing, the precursor to 192.com.

Career

Crawford founded i-CD Publishing (UK) Ltd in 1997, which published the UK-info Disk range. [1] He was the first person to publish the electoral roll on CD ROM, which led to a legal dispute with Royal Mail, settled in 2004. [2] The case was mentioned in the book Silent State, by Heather Brooke. [3]

Crawford was also the first to publish a UK directory enquiry site 192.com and the first to challenge BT's monopoly of directory enquiries. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fleming, Sean (26 April 2000). "Is this CD the kidnappers' friend?". The Register. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Royal Mail loses database claim in 192.com dispute". Out-Law. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Silent State « Heather Brooke". heatherbrooke.org.
  4. ↑ Cross, Michael (8 November 2007). "192.com's founder raps 'pure greed' of data re-use system". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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