[Advocacy Advisors] Questions on Economic Contribution of Public Domain and Open Licensing

[Timothy Vollmer]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Luis Villa <lvilla at 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.*
>
>  Luis Villa
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> Wikimedia Foundation
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>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at 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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