[OpenGLAM] content trafficking

[Bettina Cousineau]

Thinking about "content trafficking" lately. Has anyone written about this
term? I've sketched a definition, but it seems too pejorative.
Edits/comments welcome!

Content trafficking is the trade in public domain works by the host
cultural heritage institution as a revenue source. Content trafficking is
evident in many forms: gift products, reproductions, commercial and
non-commercial use and licensing fees, and public paywalls. Historically,
the host institution controls the levels of extracted income from "their"
public domain works.

I'm certainly hopeful that in my lifetime content-trafficking will end!

Cheers

Bettina
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