The Open Revolution: New Rules For A New World

127 Pages·2018·0.545 MB·English

by  Rufus Pollock

R U F U S P O L L O C K
DrRufusPollockisaresearcher,technologistandentrepreneur.Hehas
beenapioneerintheglobalOpenDatamovement,advisingnational
governments,internationalorganisationsandindustryonhowtosucceed
inthedigitalworld.HeisthefounderofOpenKnowledge,aleading
NGOwhichispresentinover35countries,empoweringpeopleand
organizationswithaccesstoinformationsotheycancreateinsightand
drivechange.Formerly,hewastheMeadFellowinEconomicsat
EmmanuelCollege,UniversityofCambridge.Hehasbeentherecipient
ofa$1mShuttleworthFellowshipandiscurrentlyanAshokaFellowand
FellowoftheRSA.HeholdsaPhDinEconomicsandadoublefirstin
MathematicsfromtheUniversityofCambridge.

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Contents
1 Prologue: Monopolies of Attention 1
2 An Open World 7
3 Defining Information and Openness 11
4 Patents and Copyright as “Intellectual Property” 21
5 Face to Face with Power 27
6 Triumph over Closed Minds: The Internet 31
7 Music to our Ears 41
8 How the Secret of Life Almost Stayed Secret 53
9 Meet Jamie Love 71
10 Openness: The Best Medicine 79
11 Making an Open World 91
12 Help us Make it Happen 103
13 Coda: The Original Copyfight 109
14 Acknowledgements 113