[Centre] draft

Mon Sep 5 16:13:17 CEST 2011

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

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-----Original Message-----
From: p2p-centre-bounces at lists.ourproject.org [mailto:p2p-centre-bounces at lists.ourproject.org] 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" <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
>

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