Hi John,

This is so useful! Thank you!

As part of the current copyright reform proposal the Commission (because of text and data mining) has also re-opened the Database Directive. We are currently looking into proposing potential quick&dirty fixes to improve the situation. Some of the arguments in this paper are compelling and can be re-used. Thank you!

NB: Independently of the copyright reform, the Commission will over the next 12 months be looking specifically into database rights, so this is very timely.

Cheers,

Dimi

2016-11-17 20:33 GMT+01:00 John Andersson <john.andersson@wikimedia.se>:

Dear everybody,

As part of the Connected Open Heritage[1] project we have created a short paper with arguments for why a data owner should use a CC0 dedication, rather than the CC BY license for their datasets.[2] The document was created with state agencies in mind and based on questions they have asked us, but it should hopefully be useful also for you when approaching other types of actors.

Please let us know what you think, and if you miss something or have any questions!

Best regards,

John

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arguments_on_CC0-licensing_for_data.pdf

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