[Freegis-list] Campaign for rejecting Inspire directive?

[Benjamin Henrion]

Hi,

I had a look at the amendments proposed in second reading by
Parliament/Council on the Inspire Directive, but none of the amendments
seems to say that data collected with public money should be put in the
Public Domain, like it seems to be the case in the US (if you can
clarify the situation of geo-data in the US, please do so).

The current legislative proposal seems to go for strong copyright for
geo-data producers, in order to "recover their costs".

This is a shame for public geo-data, and I think a campaign should be
launched for rejection.

No new amendments can be introduced for the second reading in the
European Parliament.

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Benjamin Henrion <bh at udev.org>
http://bh.udev.org
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