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

Wed Sep 11 19:19:29 UTC 2013

Laurel,

Good point about Google Docs. Doh!

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Laurel L. Russwurm
<laurel.l at russwurm.org>wrote:

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