White House RFI, US Taxpayer Access to Federally Funded Research
SPARC sent out a reminder email today that last week the White House sent out a Request for Information (RFI) regarding public access to taxpayer funded research. Specifically, the White House is...
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World Wide Mush? An Argument Against the “Internet as a Collective”
Researcher Jaron Lanier has an interesting article in last Friday’s Wall Street Journal entitled “World Wide Mush“. The article is a plug for his book, You Are Not a Gadget. Although the author does...
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HM Government Opens Up Government Data to the Public
The British Government has released data sets to the public for use in either the public or private sectors at data.gov.uk. Previously, the governments of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand...
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Beginning a Series — Reviews of Open Data Sites
I will be reviewing English-language, government-sponsored open data sites as an off-shoot of my doctoral work. I will begin initially with the “key” government sites compiled by the authors of The...
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The Public Domain Manifesto
“The Public Domain Manifesto” has been released by COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the digital public domain. If you would like to show your support for this cause, after you have read “The...
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