Data Access and Creative Commons Licenses

Richard Bednárik

In: ADAMOVÁ, Z. (ed.) Nové technológie, internet a duševné vlastníctvo 3. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, spoločné pracovisko Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave a VEDY, vydavateľstva Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2019, pp. 151-168. ISBN 978-80-568-0181-9.

Summary: Data might be considered as one of the most important assets of today’s society that can greatly support the creation of new services and the emergence of new business entities. The question remains how the data might be used and how to support their wider usage. Creative Commons licenses are already a traditional tool in the field of culture used by a number of authors to disseminate their work, which might be effectively used to make databases available as well. The very question of choosing a license is a partial topic the determinant of which is the decision, respectively legal obligation, to make the database available. Account should also be taken of the economic impact of making the database available in connection with the activities of the database maker. In some cases, free database access may negatively affect primary business activities. The article analyses various aspects of data access from the private and public sector viewpoints and the role of Creative Commons licenses. Especially in the area of state and public administration, this area is significantly affected by legal regulation and activities in the area of Open Government Partnership and Opendata. The request for information and the right to re-use of public sector information are legal instruments in the hands of the public that might be used to gain access to data generated from public funds. However, even in this area Creative Commons licenses might be used at least to reduce the number of applications and to remove the administrative burden.

URL: http://ntidv.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/ntidv-3/NTIDV-3-Bednarik-Richard.pdf

Bibliographic Citation

BEDNÁRIK, R. Sprístupnenie dát a licencie Creative Commons. In: ADAMOVÁ, Z. (ed.) Nové technológie, internet a duševné vlastníctvo 3. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, spoločné pracovisko Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave a VEDY, vydavateľstva Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2019, pp. 151-168. ISBN 978-80-568-0181-9.