Category Archives: PSI

Government and Library Open Data using Creative Commons tools

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jane Park

The last few months has seen a growth in open data, particularly from governments and libraries. Among the more recent open data adopters are the Austrian government, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italian Chamber of Deputies, and Harvard Library. Open data / opensourceway / CC BY-SA The Austrian government has launched an open [...] Continue reading →

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COMMUNIA’s response to the proposed amendments to PSI Directive

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Timothy Vollmer

This post is an adaptation from the COMMUNIA International Association blog and is cross-posted at the Open Knowledge Foundation website. Creative Commons and the Open Knowledge Foundation are institutional members of COMMUNIA. The mission of COMMUNIA is to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain in the digital age within [...] Continue reading →

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Free and unrestricted Public Sector Information: Study finds benefits outweigh costs

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Timothy Vollmer

Governments around the world are increasingly relying on open licenses to release public sector information (PSI). A September 2011 report titled Costs and Benefits of Data Provision, prepared by John Houghton for the Australian National Data Service, examines the immediate and wider economic costs and benefits to making PSI available. The key takeaway from the [...] Continue reading →

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Copyright Experts Discuss CC License Version 4.0 at the Global Summit

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Diane Peters

CC General Counsel Diane Peters addressing affiliates / DTKindler Photo / CC BY The Creative Commons 2011 Global Summit was a remarkable success, bringing together CC affiliates, board, staff, alumni, friends and stakeholders from around the world. Among the ~300 attendees was an impressive array of legal experts. Collectively, these experts brought diversity and depth [...] Continue reading →

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Open Government Data in Austria

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Jane Park

City Hall (Rathaus) by http2007 / CC BY For a while now, government data for the City of Vienna has been open for reuse under the CC Attribution license. In a more national effort, the City of Vienna, along with the Chancellor’s Office and the Austrian cities of Linz, Salzburg and Graz, recently coordinated their [...] Continue reading →

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License or public domain for public sector information?

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Mike Linksvayer

Mike Masnick at Techdirt asks Does It Make Sense For Governments To Make Their Content Creative Commons… Or Fully Public Domain? Ideally all Public Sector Information (PSI; government content and data) would be in the public domain — not restricted by copyright or any related rights. Masnick points to the U.S. federal government’s good policy: [...] Continue reading →

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