Dear All, Can we ensure that Clare Taylor (copied in) is added to this email list, and included in all emails as she is working hard to prepare costings for the deadline. With regards Nikki Nicola Matthews Collaboration Manager (Social & Human Sciences, Humanities, Business& law) Research & Innovation Services Building 37, R4107 University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ Phone: 023 8059 8340 Internal: 28340 web: www.soton.ac.uk/ris/ "This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person." -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cubitt S.R. Sent: 05 September 2011 15:03 To: Group working in the Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy Subject: Re: [Centre] draft Volker Re your query abt environmental externalities and transaction costs: there's an excellent paper by your Humboldt colleague Volker beckmann at www.indiana.edu/~workshop/seminars/.../y673_fall_2002_beckmann.pdf On 01/09/2011 20:00, "Volker Grassmuck" <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear all,
some more edits in the version below. I would like to highlight two issues:
* Funding: - Since the ￡5 million is an 80% funding, we will have to come up with an additional ￡1.25 million. We have two suggestions: Google, OSI and UoSouthampton. The instructions say: "In order to demonstrate the institutional commitment to the project the lead institution will be expected to provide a level of support for the Centre...” Is such a commitment (personnel, space, equipment) feasible, and if so would it add up to ￡1.25 million? I have not approached Google or OSI. Should I try? Does anyone have good contacts with them? The only personal contact I have is with Vera Franz at OSI. I could contact someone at Google Germany, but that might not work for a project in the UK.
- As for sustained funding after the four-year period, the only suggestions we have so far is contract research and FP7/8 calls.
I think this should be a top priority for the remaining days. I’m afraid if we don’t come up with something plausible our EoI might be out before they even look at the rest of it. ("There is an expectation that the Centre will leverage significant additional income or support from partners and other sources, both during and after the award period...”)
* IPRs vs. copyright. The instructions say: "3. Key aims of the Centre ... It should aim to encompass research into copyright, business models, creative industries and digital technologies,” and emphasizes again that these are the "4 critical aspects.” Since there is no mention of patents, trade marks or IPRs in general, I think we should replace „IPRs” with „copyright” in most if not all places.
Also, we don’t say much on the 4th point yet. The instructions mention:
"Research the business potential of new digital technologies, such as new forms of high-‐speed internet connectivity, smart phone technologies or cloud computing systems, and their relationship to copyright” and "Include the use of novel digital technologies and their development in a real world context, to ensure challenges arising from disruptive digital technology are considered and copyright issue consideration can be embedded in underpinning Digital Economy research;”
Best, Volker
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