[OpenGLAM] content trafficking

Mon Sep 9 17:34:57 UTC 2013

Hi Bettina,

Thanks for highlighting this complex issue. Do you have a document with the
definition you could share?

To be clear, are you opposed to the institution that opens up a public
domain work they host and makes it available for re-use but also derives
revenue from web traffic and merchandise based on that work?

For me, this is use of a public domain work might be a very valuable source
of revenue for the institution that might be used to fund further
digitisation whilst still allowing others to re-use this material.

Interested to hear further thoughts.

All the best,
Sam

On 9 September 2013 16:31, Bettina Cousineau <bdcousineau at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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