Access to PSI: Policy, Law and Technology

This presentation will consider the development and implementation of policy to promote access to and reuse of PSI. It will also highlight (through examples) how legal tools like open content licences can be used to further these objectives. Finally the presentation will highlight the importance of aligning policy, law and technological approaches to best utilise the affordances of Web 2.0.

Policy Recommendations

* Develop a best practice information policy – support through OECD, EU and WTO
* As the OECD suggests, require open access to PSI suitable for public distribution - through open content licences and sensible pricing (limited to cost of dissemination? Internet – as close as possible to zero?)
* Support with a legal and technical approach that promotes rather than inhibits innovation
* Enable Real Time Access to PSI