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Papers on the Size and Value of EU Public Domain

October 11, 2010

I’ve just posted two new papers on the size of and ‘value’ the EU Public Domain. These papers are based on the research done as part of the Public Domain in Europe (EUPD) Research…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: Domain, price, public domain material, summary slides, value, welfare gains

Public Sector Transparency Board

June 28, 2010

As announced on Friday on the UK Government’s data.gov.uk, I am one of the members of the UK Government’s newly formed Public Sector Transparency Board. From the announcement: The…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: Francis, Government, professor nigel shadbolt, sir tim berners lee, tim berners lee, Transparency

The Size of the Public Domain (Without Term Extensions)

May 26, 2010

We’ve looked at the size of the public domain extensively in earlier posts. The basic take away from the analysis was the finding that, based on library catalogue data, for books in the UK,…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: cambridge university library, catalogue, Domain, public domain work, university library catalogue,

UK Government Plans to Open Up Data

March 23, 2010

Yesterday, in a speech on “Building Britain’s Digital Future”, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced wide-ranging plans to open up UK government data. In addition to a general…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: domesday, information, Mygov, nigel shadbolt, ordnance survey data, tim berners lee

Talk at Forum Virium’s Open Up the City Event in Helsinki

March 9, 2010

This Thursday (11th March) I’m speaking at the Forum Virium’s Open Up the City event in Helsinki. This year their focus is on “open data, design, interfaces and innovation”…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: design interfaces, Event, helsinki, , , Thursday

Policy Recommendations in the Area of Innovation, Creativity and IP

March 8, 2010

I was recently asked to put together a short document outlining my main policy recommendations in the area of “innovation, creativity and IP”. Below is what I prepared. General IP…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: creativity innovation, funding, information, innovation creativity, sector, societal welfare