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

Thu Jan 13 11:07:24 UTC 2011

This is not good news!

We Open Data advocates need to convince people in the government (once
again) how much more valuable it is for governments to provide free
access to PSI and thereby spur innovation, provide transparency and
save us all money.

I remember two papers that Ton may be be referring to:

1. The UK Conservative's "Technology Manifesto" quoting Rufus Pollock
that Open Data is worth GBP 6 billion to the UK economy annually:
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/news/news/open_data_worth_6_billion_to_the_uk_economy

2. The UK's "Office of Public Sector Information" report from 2006
that argued that more open access to PSI in the UK was worth GBP 1
billion annually:
http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/publications/publication-categories/reports/consumer-protection/oft861

The general arguments have obviously been detailed in a lot of places
by a lot of people, including members of this group. Here's an article
I've used quite a lot to argue for Open Data in Iceland:
http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Public-Data-Essay - but there are
many better examples out there.

Best,
Hjalmar Gislason
Founder & CEO, DataMarket
M: +354 860 3800

www.datamarket.com
twitter.com/datamarket

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> 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>
> 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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