Can I publish a copy of ISO 9001:2000 on company intranet?

[RoxaneB]

I think that's a reasonable action.
You'd probably also be surprised at how many people have their own copies of the standard from past training and such.

Precisely. How many of us have taken auditor training courses? How many of those courses provided a copy of the standard? How many of those copies are actually legit?

The inside of the cover page of my ISO 9001 from ISO states "...no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical...without permission in writing from either ISO...or ISO's member body in the country of the requester."

So, hey, we've all done it at some point.

But if you want to dot your i's and cross your t's, contact ISO or your member body.

 

[Wes Bucey]

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[Manix]

interesting.

So if your document control system is electronic you need a licence for anyone that has permission to open the file?
Even though to comply with ISO9001 philosophy everyone in the company should be familiar with the standard and have free access to it?

Kind of a catch 22 between copyright and ideology, eh?

I believe that technically, a single user licence will entitle one person at a time to look at it within the organisation that bought it. Obviously this becomes very hard to police and enforce so yes, it is a bit of a stupid scenario! It is that fine line being blurred, between freedom of information and copyright infringements!

Anyway, if there was a way you could post it on the Intranet but only allow one person access at a time, I think you may be technically legal, as long as they are all part of the organisation that bought the standard.

Again though, can't really be sure on your individual case. Any copyright lawyers visit the cove>?

 

[potdar]

Just get a permission in writing from the publisher and it becomes perfectly legal. Go ahead, write to them - whoever published the copy you bought! Believe me, they dont get many (any?) such requests. They will be more than happy to consider.

 

[Ajit Basrur]

Just get a permission in writing from the publisher and it becomes perfectly legal. Go ahead, write to them - whoever published the copy you bought! Believe me, they dont get many (any?) such requests. They will be more than happy to consider.

This sounds great.
Potdar - have you done this before ?

 

[potdar]

This sounds great.
Potdar - have you done this before ?

Haven't attempted recently. But we had got permision from the then ISI (now BIS) to use the copy of ISO 9002 (I think it was 1987 version) for multiple use. It came for a cost on a "specified limited use as defined herein" basis - if I remember the words correctly.

I would have given you more details if I had access to that correspondence today.

Anyway, it has been done successfully.

 

[EtobiLad - 2009]

Just get a permission in writing from the publisher and it becomes perfectly legal. Go ahead, write to them - whoever published the copy you bought! Believe me, they dont get many (any?) such requests. They will be more than happy to consider.

Awesome potdar!
Okay boys, we're posting it, I just need permission from Monsieur Gautier

 

[Madfox]

Dear "New Kid:"

I would discount any responses from the U.S.A...
a) We had a President who said, "it depends on what the definition of is is."
b) Our national oversite board found someone fraudulently using their logo and accepted the excuse of it "being an error."

On this side of the pond, when caught, you just say, "I made an error in judgement."

 

[Tupham - 2008]

I would like to ask the question why would you want to post the standard on your intranet?

I agree. Reading the standard would just be too hard for most people. Much better to summarise it in words your staff (and management ) can understand.

 

[alekra]

What we normally do in our electronic system is a cover sheet to announce that we have the standard (with the tittle and a small text about its context) but it mentions that due to copyright laws, if anyone in the company needs a copy (electronic copies are allowed) they must ask to the responsable person in the Engineering Dept.