[OpenGLAM] content trafficking

[C MacDonald]

Hi Bettina,

I imagine what you are referring to is museums charging 'permission' fees
for the use of public domain images?

Unfortunately in Canada we have a leading example of this practice at the
National Gallery:

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2837/135/

Corina


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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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