Will data services remove intellectual property rights from the
picture?
The digital economy has undergone many radical changes over the past
few decades. One of the most significant changes is the move from an
ownership-based economy to a service-based model.

Traditionally, up until the late ‘90s, digital content was purchased
on a physical medium – a floppy disk, CD or DVD. Legally, this
purchase covered both the ownership of the physical object and
specific rights to use the digital contents stored on the object. In
that way, they bought a contractually defined license to use that
work, along with the physical object itself. But what about digital
data sharing, specifically by the public sector? And what about data
that is distributed under an open license? How is ownership defined
there?

Curious to find answers to these questions? Recently, we published a
new research report exploring the topic of intellectual property
rights in data sharing services. Read the full report
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/report/intellectual_property_rights_report.pdf]
to learn more.

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Publication Date/Time
2021-11-10T12:00:00+00:00
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