[euopendata] Study says charge for public data...

Thu Jan 13 10:54:19 UTC 2011

I'll go through this report with interest, however I still have to see a 
single case in which selling data is a good idea... most of the time, 
transaction costs are higher than revenues, if the sale is done on a 
non-discriminatory base... or the state makes money but at the cost of 
creating a downstream monopoly with double marginalization (which is a 
nightmare in terms of social welfare)... All that without considering 
the argument that a broader free re-use could generate higher income 
from taxation.

That said, I repeat that I should read this report carefully...

Best,

Federico

On 01/13/2011 11:38 AM, Ton Zijlstra wrote:
> Very interesting. Will read this with attention.
> I seem to remember other studies that concluded that any revenue to be 
> gained from selling data would be marginal compared to the value 
> created through a.o. commercial re-use. Though of course, I now cannot 
> find pointers to them. (Any suggestions?)
>
> best,
>
> Ton
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> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Peter Krantz <peter.krantz at gmail.com 
> <mailto:peter.krantz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     https://www.apiefrance.fr/sections/acces_thematique/reutilisation-des-informations-publiques/economic-study/view
>
>     "The authors conclude that in times of tight budgets, the optimal
>     policy may be to charge for commercial reuse at reasonable rates
>     designed to cover the cost of the added value. This policy rightfully
>     shifts a share of the costs of producing PSI from taxpayers to those
>     who obtain a commercial benefit from using it outside its primary
>     purpose. Significantly, this approach would not diminish the overall
>     economic equilibrium of PSI reuse. For non-commercial reuse, setting
>     rates equal to the marginal cost of making the information available
>     would be optimal in most cases, as the willingness to pay for this
>     type of reuse is generally low. The study did not specifically address
>     the case where public entities competes with private operators and/or
>     are required to self-finance part of its budget."
>
>     European Commission tweeted this with the hashtag #opendata:
>     http://twitter.com/infsoe4/status/25495868148809729
>
>     regards,
>
>     Peter
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