SXSW 2012 - Cost-Collaboration: Professionals, Policy & Open-Information Practices

Cost-Collaboration: Professionals, Policy & Open-Information Practices
Event	Interactive 2011
Format	Panel
Organizer	Eric Steuer – Creative Commons
Description	For decades, public policy discussions centered heavily around moral concepts, but as we’ve recently experienced, utilitarianism changes everything. Today policy questions aren’t analyzed in "moral" terms but in economic ones, and across professions, even practices such as information sharing are subjected to cost/benefit analyses. While academics, government, journalists and researchers all have strong personal incentives to produce unique and original research, the importance of sharing the knowledge they produce remains paramount--no longer just for moral reasons, but also from an economic standpoint. Why does sharing make sense, and why should the government, universities, non-profits, and research institutions alike institute policies that incentivize transparent and open information-sharing practices?
Questions Answered	How can the government and policy initiatives promote open, collaborative and transparent practices for every profession? What does the government gain in facilitating this type of approach? What are some examples of best practices for each profession? What are the biggest challenges of implementing open information sharing practices? What are alternative incentives to sharing beyond economic ones? Is the free culture movement sustainable in all of these professions?
Level	Intermediate
Category	Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright
Tags	collaboration, Open Collaboration, policy

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