[OpenGLAM] content trafficking

Tue Sep 10 15:29:12 UTC 2013

+1 to Maarten's view.

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On 10 September 2013 16:14, Maarten Brinkerink <mbrinkerink at beeldengeluid.nl
> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> In my view it would make a distinction between two types of behavior:
>
> 1. Institutions putting restrictions on the access and reuse of their PD
> works.
> 2. Institutions reusing their PD works themselves in manners that add
> value and/or provide a service (and charging people for that service).
>
> I may be overlooking some nuances, but as long as the institutions isn't
> involved with behavior 1, I personally have no problem with behavior 2.
> Quite the opposite actually. As long as other third parties are able to do
> the same.
>
> Best,
>
> Maarten
>
> Op 9 sep. 2013, om 22:31 heeft Bettina Cousineau <bdcousineau at gmail.com>
> het volgende geschreven:
>
> Corina, yes, exactly.
>
> Sam, it's just a definition at this point ... so no document yet  - do you
> mean a blog or a published work? Go for it!
>
> I was wondering if anyone else had "named" this practice. Even though it
> has negative connotations, these are balanced out by the rw swing *towards
> * the release of pd materials that is slowly gaining momentum in many
> cultural heritage institutions (such a good thing!)
>
> I agree with your point too -  while I am personally opposed to
> institutions holding pd works "hostage",  I can see how an institution
> should derive needed income from a variety of image use projects. What
> makes sense to me is that the public is allowed this similar opportunity as
> well: a person will most likely derive income from a pd material in a
> different way than an institution (not always), and we know by now that the
> marketplace is without end ... and I'm ignoring commercial use here which
> gets even more dicey.
>
> How the institution is funded might make me question the practices in the
> above scenario, however. Corina's link has a comment at the bottom about
> the Canadian government charging (in 2008) for data.
>
> It really is complex.
>
> I like to think (personal opinion here) that for those working at
> institutions (or for that matter, governments) with a "content trafficking"
> practice there is some prick of conscience - and we know this is true too,
> because those champions exist and act as the agents of change.
>
> Bettina
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:14 PM, C MacDonald <corina at corinamacdonald.net>wrote:
>
>> 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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