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

[Paola Di Maio]

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Aha, that explains much of the open data sudden frenzy from people who have
never been interested in public administration, sniffing money are we?



> 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.
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I am not sure I agree.

Open data advocates come in different flavours. Not every Open data advocate
is keen to foster private enterprise flourish on the back of tax payers
money

 If the data is used for commercial purposes (ie, to generate revenues) I
dont see why private commercial firms benefiting for their own profits (to
which I do not object) should not contribute to the government effort
(spending) for publishing the data in the first place.

Otherwise there is increasing public cost (effort) to open the data, putting
increased strain on resources

Effectively this would mean taxpayers money is used to provide commercial
opportunities for those who have the marketing and financial networks to
generate revenues,

It goes without saying that I agree non commercial use should be free.


PDM
(you can fool some people sometime....)





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