[Centre] draft

Mon Sep 5 16:02:47 CEST 2011

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" <vgrass at rz.hu-berlin.de> 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
>