[GOAL] Re: Nice blog post on OA

[Uhlir, Paul]

Not bad, except in economic terms, food is a private good (it is rivalrous and can be excluded, and can only be consumed only once), whereas publicly-funded research results (articles, data) on digital networks are public goods (they are non-rival and difficult or inefficient to exclude, since the value increases with use). So the situation is actually much worse than the analogy leads one to conclude.

Paul

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From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [goal-bounces at eprints.org] On Behalf Of CHARLES OPPENHEIM [c.oppenheim at btinternet.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 6:53 AM
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Subject: [GOAL] Nice blog post on OA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/feb/10/parable-farmers-teleporting-duplicator?CMP=twt_gu

Very nice analogy!

Charles

Professor Charles Oppenheim
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