Although the word open might imply access, many times, it does not imply transmission, reproduction, or re-use of material, as seen currently with most government open data and recently discussed at the GovDatax event. Recent laws require the federal government to make their public data available and they encourage agencies to share information between them. Still, in practice, there is a competing group of laws that restrict access to these very same data with a bulk of copyright restrictions, publicity and privacy rights that might be applicable, as well as contract limitations that fill the restrictions gap when no other law is available.