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

Wed Sep 11 19:42:35 UTC 2013

Apologies for interjecting but I wonder if something more simple and less detailed might work better as it will have to apply across a variety of scenarios, some of which may not even exist yet. It strikes me that abuse of power is at the heart of this, and so the description should address that primarily. How exactly that abuse manifests will change over time.

rights abuse (or "xxxxxx") is the usurping of public domain works by a host institution or official steward for monetary gain, wherein the entity entrusted with the works engages in unfairly restricting public use or access in favor of self-interest.  

Best,
Molly O'Toole

On Sep 11, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Laurel L. Russwurm <laurel.l at russwurm.org> wrote:

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