[open-government] #FlashHacks join us setting corporate related data free!

Tue Jul 8 16:15:24 UTC 2014

>From this blog
<http://blog.opencorporates.com/2014/02/27/new-api-version-released-corporate-networks-accounts-and-more/>,
I see that the data at opencorporates isn't truly open.

We’ve also had major improvements to the getting hold of API keys, and
non-open-data users can now purchase API plans online and get immediate
access from as little as £99/year (previously it was a manual and somewhat
opaque process)

So apparently the data is available for free to 'open-data' users - but
it's not clear to me what this means. It feels like an arbitrary definition
that can be easily manipulated by an organization to suit its needs.

I don't see anything wrong with using crowdsourcing to collect data and
even charging for access; however am curious if this  aligns with the
mission of open data / knowledge?

Lokesh

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> OpenCorporates launched #FlashHacks this morning to crowd scrape and
> liberate data!
>
> Join us in a campaign to release 10 million data points in 10 days. We are
> calling all bot writers to use their coding superpowers in setting
> corporate related data free!
>
> At the moment, all the impetus is behind getting the word about
> #FlashHacks out. Here are some starting point
>
> #FlashHacks homepage
> http://missions.opencorporates.com/
>
> A blog post about the campaign
>
> http://blog.opencorporates.com/2014/07/08/launching-flashhacks-a-crowdscraping-movement-to-release-10-million-data-points-in-10-days-are-you-in/
>
> Press release
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L8qD2ctItmQrfHNA0YhQToVHQ_QrmGcxs-dSwbT67po/edit
>
> Please join and bring your friends! Please also share and spread the word!
> We feel this campaign gives us a strong story to demonstrate the power of
> the open data community and crowdsourcing!
>
>
> All the best
> Daniel
>
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