Hey Dimi,
That sounds like a great opportunity! I'm looking very much forward to their work on the film industry. I recall that I was somewhat surprised of that choice, and my intuition suggests that we should try to aim for something entirely different, to be as broad as possible with the two studies together.
One of the areas we defined as 'low hanging fruit' was government publications. Some governments are publishing their works in the public domain, and it would be great if we could have some solid numbers to support our efforts in convincing other governments to do the same. Would it be possible to think about a study in that area? They could compare different types of government (those that publish everything closed, with some restrictions and entirely PD), and look into the contribution to the economy there.
It may be that this is still too broad for them, and then we could look into the same range, but for a subset of works. For example, of a specific field relevant to each country (I think for example about public health, infrastructure or public communications about the inner workings of government/parliament/judiciary). It would be nice if they could cover all media types, if that is realistic (it somewhat comes as a package).
Another option could be to look into datasets on public infrastructure (the stuff being reused by OSM, but also by others). There are pretty major differences between countries here iirc, and some exciting use cases.
Lets discuss! :)
Best, Lodewijk
Am Dienstag, 4. April 2017 schrieb Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov :
Hello, everybody!
Today civil society organisations had a meeting with the EU IPO's Observatory [1]. One of the main objectives of the Observatory is to produce academic studies in the field of IPR that help policy makers in Brussels make evidence based decisions.
Upon joining the Observatory Wikimedia requested a study on the "Contribution of the public domain and open licensing to the European economy". As the scope of this seemed extremely broad, the Observatory decided to work on a study called "Public Domain in the Film Industry" analysing how much of the film industry is based on PD content. This study has now been peer reviewed and should be available before 5 May.
We have successfully convinced the Observatory to include a second study on the public domain & open licenses in the 2017 work programme. The challenge now is to find a good aspect that could be researched. It needs to be specific and not overly broad. This is what I need your help with! If you can think of a good subject to share with the Observatory research team, please let me know. They are quite open to taking our ideas, comments and feedback into account.
Thank you and cheers,
Dimi
[1]https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home