[OpenGLAM] open-glam Digest, Vol 22, Issue 10

Wed Sep 11 18:58:08 UTC 2013

On 11/09/13 02:59 AM, open-glam-request at lists.okfn.org wrote:
> 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.

How about addressing copyfraud, which many of these institutions seem to 
assume as a right:

Content trafficking is the trade in public domain works by the hostcultural heritage institution as a revenue source. Content trafficking isevident in many forms: gift products, reproductions, commercial andnon-commercial use and licensing fees, and public paywalls, as well as claiming copyright on their public domain holdings. Historically,the host institution controls the levels of extracted income from "their"public domain works

Also, content trafficking is not limited to cultural heritage 
institutions.  Private and public holders of public domain works very 
often make them available with copyright notices.

As to using Google Docs, it seems counter productive to discuss open 
access in a closed format.

Regards,
Laurel

And why limit this tocultural heritage institutions?  Private and Commercial holders of public domain works