There are,predictably, many organizations on the Internet which are vying for power, for content control for Infrastructure design and many other significant aspects.
One of the most relevant of these is the Hague, best known for their trials of war criminals. This blog has long maintained the vital necessity of an international open, free and accessible Internet. Enjoy the article below.
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Posted by REPOST on May 14,
2015
Civil society project organized by IFLA, Link (CC-BY)
Over 50 organisations have signed The Hague Declaration
on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age (www.thehaguedeclaration.com),
which calls for immediate changes to intellectual property (IP) law and the
removal of other barriers preventing widened and more equal access to data.
Improved
treatments for diseases, answers to global issues such as climate change and
billions in government savings are among the potential benefits to be gained,
if the principles outlined in the Declaration are adopted by governments,
businesses and society.
The
Declaration asserts that copyright was never designed to regulate the sharing
of facts, data and ideas ‒ nor should it. The right to receive and impart
information and ideas is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights[1] but the modern application of IP law often limits this right, even
when these most simple building blocks of knowledge are used.
“The rapidly changing digital environment, increased computing
power and the sheer quantity of data being produced makes it essential for
researchers and society to be able to use modern techniques and tools to help
them make new discoveries. Research practices could be revolutionised and lives
could literally be saved, if we can achieve better access to the knowledge
contained within Big Data,” said Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, President of LIBER
(www.libereurope.eu), the
Association of European Research Libraries, which has led work to develop the
Declaration.
A
new approach to knowledge discovery is critical at a time when society is
facing a literal data deluge. The digital universe, or the data we create and
copy annually, is doubling in size every two years and is expected to reach 44
trillion gigabytes by 2020[2].
In
addition to clarity around the scope of IP law, a skills gap and a lack of
infrastructure must also be addressed if computers are to be better employed to
extract and recombine data in order to identify patterns and trends. This
process, known as Content Mining, is widely recognised as the only way to deal
effectively with Big Data.
“Given the need to make sense of the ever-expanding
literature and derive new insights, the Wellcome Trust strongly supports the
right of researchers to mine content to which they already have lawful access.
The Hague Declaration is an important step in demonstrating the common vision
that knowledge discovery and reuse should not be constrained by existing legal
frameworks and uncertainty. In particular, we are advocating for reform
of copyright law at European level to permit data and text mining for all uses,
both commercial and non-commercial,” said Will Greenacre, Policy Officer at The
Wellcome Trust (www.wellcome.ac.uk).
Organisations and individuals who wish to support the
Declaration can add their signature on the official website,www.thehaguedeclaration.com.
In so doing, they will officially recognise the huge potential for knowledge
discovery whilst also acknowledging that steps need to be taken to ensure that
everyone can benefit from this potential. Further Information:
·
See the Declaration website: www.thehaguedeclaration.com to
read the full text of the Declaration and download an accompanying infographic.
·
Contact LIBER, the Association of
European Research Libraries, which has been leading the work to develop the
Declaration:liber@kb.nl
FOOTNOTES:
1 http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a19
2 http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital-universe/2014iview/executive-summary.htm
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