7th April 2011, 06:24 PM
Exactly how many infringements of client confidentiality are going to arise from this? :face-stir:
Despite all the well-meaning stuff people post on here the vast majority of archaeology (or 'archaeology') carried out in Britain is not actually for the public good, it's because the developer is being dragged kicking and screaming into the process, and is certainly not for public consumption until officially placed in the public domain. I work on plenty of projects where we'd get sued if I posted a 'what I did at work today' on the net. I'd imagine most commercial archaeologist's contracts have clauses along those lines in their contracts, both commercial and employment, so assuming that people stick to them it's going to make for a particularly c**p survey.....
Despite all the well-meaning stuff people post on here the vast majority of archaeology (or 'archaeology') carried out in Britain is not actually for the public good, it's because the developer is being dragged kicking and screaming into the process, and is certainly not for public consumption until officially placed in the public domain. I work on plenty of projects where we'd get sued if I posted a 'what I did at work today' on the net. I'd imagine most commercial archaeologist's contracts have clauses along those lines in their contracts, both commercial and employment, so assuming that people stick to them it's going to make for a particularly c**p survey.....