[GOAL] Re: Nice blog post on OA

[R. Stephen Berry]

Dear Paul,

	Scientific information is a very special kind of public good.  In general, the value of public goods does not decrease as the goods are used.  With scientific information, the value increases with use, so there is a very strong positive feedback that makes open distribution of scientific information one of the best things a society can do for itself.
	
	Best regards,
	Steve
On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Uhlir, Paul wrote:

> 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
>  
> 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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