Articles in: Economics

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

Proposal in Brazil to Legalize Non-Commercial File-Sharing and Monetize P2P

September 2, 2010

Pedro Paranaguá points me to a proposal for monetizing P2P file-sharing in Brazil. The proposal has been submitted as part of Brazil’s open public consultation to review its copyright law. As…

Written by: Rufus Pollock

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  • Tags: collecting society, Commercial, consultation, internet service provider, law, public consultation

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,

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