[OpenGLAM] content trafficking

Wed Sep 11 06:59:32 UTC 2013

Dear Bettina and all,

If I would write a definition, I would start with - in my humble opinion - the prerequisite of the host cultural institution *limiting* access and/or reuse of works in the PD *in order to exclusively* exploit these works.

Hope this makes sense.

Best,

Maarten

Op 10 sep. 2013, om 22:30 heeft Bettina Cousineau <bdcousineau at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:

> Ben - yes, re-use of content for all, equally. 
> 
> Ok, round two:
> 
> Content trafficking is the trade in public domain works by the host cultural heritage institution as a revenue source. Access to use and re-use of the public domain works is restricted by rules and/or licensing and is accompanied by a monetary exchange. Content trafficking can be evident in many forms: gift products, reproductions, commercial and non-commercial use and licensing fees, and public paywalls. The host institution controls the use/re-use and the levels of income from extracted "their" public domain works.
> 
> Getting closer? Feel free to jumble it around, and try changes.
> 
> Thanks everyone, this is very instructive. 
> 
> Bettina
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Ben Laurie <ben at links.org> wrote:
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> 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!
> 
> I love the term!
>  
> 
> 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 think you want to distinguish between re-use of content (e.g. gift products) which is, surely, what we want to encourage, and restrictive licensing, which is what we want to discourage.
> 
> Paywalls are fine if they protect only your proprietary value add and _not_ the underlying public domain materials.
>  
> 
> I'm certainly hopeful that in my lifetime content-trafficking will end!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Bettina
> 
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