On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Luis Villa <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Here are the four basic questions (copied from the
document) and some
quick comments *in italics.*
"In effect the first point, which we propose as the starting point for
our study, amounts to a quantification of the contribution of works made
available under PD&OL to the economy. In order to make such quantification,
we need to answer some basic questions:
- Which are the sectors that produce works that are licensed under
PD&OL, and which are the sectors that use them (the proposal provides some
examples, but we need more systematic information)—is this information
available?
*LV: We could create a more rigorously compiled list, but I’m not
aware of “quantification” in the sense they seem to be wanting.*
- Given that these works are not registered anywhere, where should we
look for data on the quantity of such works?
*LV: CC has gathered numbers on this in the past; could talk to them
about it?*
Yah, lemme ask around to see if there are any useable numbers we can get
on this.
tvol
-
- Do BEUC/EDRi/Wikimedia have any suggestions as to valuation
methods?
*LV: The best thing I’m aware of on this is *
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2338563 (Economic
Value of Wikipedia, by Jonathan Band)*, which contains a number of
valuation metrics that could be extended to open culture more generally.*
- “Open license” does not mean that one can do with the work whatever
one wants. Is infringement or misuse a problem for the open source
community, and if so, are there are any studies that have examined its
extent and impact?
*LV: None that I’m aware of, but I’ll ask around and get back to the
list.*
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
The IPR Observatory [1] of the European Commission have now officially
included a study requested by us with the support of other civil society
actors in their 2015 working programme. The study is on "economic
contribution of public domain and open licensing".
The Observatory has sent us some additional questions now that might be
important for the final outcome. I would appreciate any comments/ideas/help
in answering those in the best possible way. The questions can be seen in
the PDF attachment.
Thanks a lot!
Dimi
[1]https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home
<Questions_WG_23092014.pdf>
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