Comments on: Open up the goldmine in the UK http://research.imagesforthefuture.org/open-up-the-goldmine-in-the-uk/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:48:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Thanks for blogging about the new Snapshot Study http://research.imagesforthefuture.org/open-up-the-goldmine-in-the-uk/#comment-5 Thanks for blogging about the new Snapshot Study Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:03:23 +0000 http://research.imagesforthefuture.org/open-up-the-goldmine-in-the-uk/#comment-5 [...] | Creative Commons | The Stoa Consortium | Images for the future | IT Pro | Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog | DigitalKoans | Technollama | [...] […] | Creative Commons | The Stoa Consortium | Images for the future | IT Pro | Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog | DigitalKoans | Technollama | […]

]]> By: Jordan http://research.imagesforthefuture.org/open-up-the-goldmine-in-the-uk/#comment-4 Jordan Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:25:14 +0000 http://research.imagesforthefuture.org/open-up-the-goldmine-in-the-uk/#comment-4 Thanks for the mention! While the research did find a number of orgs that were unaware of CC and Creative Archive, I actually think that it revealed quite an impact of this type of licensing in the sector. Copyright is esoteric even for lawyers, and it is a resource intensive area. Some of the orgs surveyed are very small, and so I don't think it is surprising the level of awareness. On the contrary, I think that while there is a definite group of orgs that are unware, that open content licensing is having a big impact. Of course one of the major obstacles to using the licences is the orphan works issue and making sure that good IP management practices are in place. Thanks for the mention! While the research did find a number of orgs that were unaware of CC and Creative Archive, I actually think that it revealed quite an impact of this type of licensing in the sector. Copyright is esoteric even for lawyers, and it is a resource intensive area. Some of the orgs surveyed are very small, and so I don’t think it is surprising the level of awareness. On the contrary, I think that while there is a definite group of orgs that are unware, that open content licensing is having a big impact.

Of course one of the major obstacles to using the licences is the orphan works issue and making sure that good IP management practices are in place.

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