Boettcher & Dames (2018) raise some important issues regarding public domain
government data. In brief, the U.S. federal government releases data into the
public domain by default. This raises 2 potential types of issues:
* privacy and security of individuals' data
* potential for enclosure / privatization of free public services if the
government's data is released as open data but the government does not maintain
a free human readable version
From:
Boettcher, J. C., & Dames, K. M. (2018). Government Data as Intellectual
Property: Is Public Domain the same as Open Access? Online Searcher, 42(4),
42–48.
https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1051174
Abstract
Public domain and open data policies and how they are made. Current status of
open data policies in the Federal government are changing with new laws. What
is HR4174/S4047 and what does it say and mean? What are trends in government
data policies regarding access to that statistical data? This article will give
the reader an understanding of federal policies and laws regarding data.
best,
Heather Morrison
Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa
Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa
Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight
Project
sustainingknowledgecommons.org
heather.morri...@uottawa.ca
https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=en#/members/706
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