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The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain:

Proceedings of a Symposium
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Size: 238 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2003

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Steering Committee on the Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain, Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs, National Research Council
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This symposium brought together leading experts and managers from the public and private sectors who are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of scientific and technical data and information (STI) to: (1) describe and discuss the role and the ...
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Front Matter i-xii  
Session 1: The Role, Value, and Limits of Scientific and Technical (S&T) Data and Information in the Public Domain - 1. Discussion Framework 1-9 (skim)
2. The Genius of Intellectual Property and the Need for the Public Domain 10-14 (skim)
3. Intellectual Property - When Is It the Best Incentive Mechanism for S&T Data and Information? 15-18 (skim)
4. The Economic Logic of Open Science and the Balance between Private Property Rights and the Public Domain in Scientific Data and Information: A Primer 19-34 (skim)
5. Scientific Knowledge as a Global Public Good: Contributions to Innovation and the Economy 35-51 (skim)
6. Opportunities for Commercial Exploitation of Networked Science and Technology Public-Domain Information Resources 52-55 (skim)
7. Education 56-59 (skim)
8. Earth and Environmental Sciences 60-64 (skim)
9. Biomedical Research 65-70 (skim)
Session 2: Pressures on the Public Domain - 10. Discussion Framework 71-86 (skim)
11. The Urge to Commercialize: Interactions Between Public and Private Research and Development 87-94 (skim)
12. Legal Pressures in Intellectual Property Law 95-98 (skim)
13. Legal Pressures on the Public Domain: Licensing Practices 99-103 (skim)
14. Legal Pressures in National Security Restrictions 104-108 (skim)
15. The Challenge of Digital Rights Management Technologies 109-116 (skim)
Session 3: Potential Effects of a Diminishing Public Domain - 16. Discussion Framework 117-124 (skim)
17. Fundamental Research and Education 125-128 (skim)
18. Conflicting International Public Sector Information Policies and their Effects on the Public Domain and the Economy 129-132 (skim)
19. Potential Effects of a Diminishing Public Domain in Biomedical Research Data 133-138 (skim)
Session 4: Responses by the Research and Education Communities in Preserving the Public Domain and Promoting Open Access - 20. Discussion Framework 139-160 (skim)
21. Strengthening Public-Domain Mechanisms in the Federal Government: A Perspective From Biological and Environmental Research 161-164 (skim)
22. Academics as a Natural Haven for Open Science and Public-Domain Resources: How Far Can We Stray? 165-168 (skim)
23. New Legal Approaches in the Private Sector 169-174 (skim)
24. Designing Public-Private Transactions in the Private Sector 175-179 (skim)
25. Emerging Models for Maintaining Scientific Data in the Public Domain 180-186 (skim)
26. The Role of the Research University in Strengthening the Intellectual Commons: the OpenCourseWare and DSpace Initiatives at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 187-190 (skim)
27. Corporate Donations of Geophysical Data 191-193 (skim)
28. The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Consortium 194-197 (skim)
29. Closing Remarks 198-200 (skim)
Appendix A: Final Symposium Agenda 201-205 (skim)
Appendix B: Biographical Information on Speakers and Steering Committee Members 206-214 (skim)
Appendix C: Symposium Attendees 215-224 (skim)
Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms 225-226 (skim)
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This symposium brought together leading experts and managers from the public and private sectors who are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of scientific and technical data and information (STI) to: (1) describe and discuss the role and the benefits and costs--both economic and other--of the public domain in STI in the research and education context, (2) to identify and analyze the legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in STI in research and education, (3) describe and discuss existing and proposed approaches to preserving the public domain in STI in the United States, and (4) identify issues that may require further analysis.

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