On 10/16/06, Lars Aronsson lars@aronsson.se wrote:
I think it would be a mistake to start pouring money into such institutions, which should instead be forced (by a change of copyright law or national policy) or encouraged to give it away. We'd run out of money much too soon, and we'd build expectations that old collections can bring profits.
I have to agree here. It seems that, as a general priority, we should let money talk to those who only understand money. Big publishers, news agencies, photo agencies, etc. (In this process, we should of course also only liberate content in areas where we are currently weak: video, professional illustrations, historical photographs, textbooks, ..)
I think we should also focus on works from the last 30 years and put some energy behind a copyright reform effort to get even older content liberated by legal means.