| 词条 | Alastair Crawford |
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Alastair Crawford is CEO and founder of i-CD Publishing, the precursor to 192.com. An internet entrepreneur, he 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] Alastair lives in London and is an ex-Harrow School student. References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/04/26/is_this_cd_the_kidnappers/|title=Is this CD the kidnappers' friend?|last=Fleming|first=Sean|date=26 April 2000|publisher=The Register|accessdate=18 January 2011}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Alastair}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.out-law.com/page-4294|title=Royal Mail loses database claim in 192.com dispute|date=17 February 2004|publisher=Out-Law|accessdate=18 January 2011}} 3. ^http://heatherbrooke.org/books/silent-state/ 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/nov/08/freeourdata.news|title=192.com's founder raps 'pure greed' of data re-use system|last=Cross|first=Michael|date=8 November 2007|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=18 January 2011}} 3 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Businesspeople from London |
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