Open: Rewards and Challenges

Jordan S. Hatcher, JD, LLM

Co-founder, Open Data Commons Board of Directors, Open Knowledge FoundationLawyer and strategy consultant in IP/IT

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Rewards

extra benefits of open knowledge

§http://www.eff.org/cases/online-policy-group-v-diebold

Challenges

Open licensing

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www.data.gov.uk is the home of lots of great data

www.data.worldbank.org is the home for the World Bank’s open data.

London MapMap data CC-BY-SA Open Street Map and contributors

Where Does My Money Go? is at http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org/

www.fishsubsidy.org and www.farmsubsidy.org are projects of EU Transparency at http://www.followthemoney.eu/

The Unlocking Aid Info report is at http://www.unlockingaid.info/ produced with the great folks at www.aid.info

Voting for the FutureCC-BY by lowjumpingfrog<http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenorton/2218973585/>

Red Hat logo is at Google Finance data is at <http://www.google.com/finance?q=red+hat>

iPhone screenshot - parts presumably ©Apple and the developers of the Apps featured on the page.

Project Gaydar story is by Carolyn Y. Johnson and published by the Boston Globe on September 20, 2009 at: <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/project_gaydar_an_mit_experiment_raises_new_questions_about_online_privacy/>

Netflix CARNAGE | CC-BY-SA by Ross Catrowhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpower/151384059/sizes/o/

dogz on teh internets | CC-BY-SA by TheGiantVermin<http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/3324923076/>

Digital Britain website screenshot - Department of Business Innovation & Skills and at <http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/digitalbritain/tag/debill/>

Christine Merrill | CC-BY by SD Dirk<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4413253440/>

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Jordan S. Hatcher

e: webcontact ]AT[ opencontentlawyer D O T comw: www.jordanhatcher.com

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