Access to Public Sector Information Volume 2, Law, Technology and Policy, Law, Technology and Policy

Year

2010

Publisher

Sydney University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-92089-950-9

Link

Last Update

12-Oct-2025

Keywords

Law

Description

My submission is that in preparing its report the CLRC should consider the role of ‘open content’ licensing in the management of Crown copyright.

Ten years ago the question would have simply been whether the Crown should or should not have copyright? Many advocating for no Crown copyright would have been seeking open access to information.

Today however we know more about the intricacies of open content licensing. It is arguable that a broader and more robust information commons can be developed by leveraging off your copyright rather than merely ‘giving away’ material.