Alastair Crawford Explained

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.

Notes and References

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