The recently-amended European Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive rests on the assumption that government data is a valuable input for the knowledge economy. As a default principle, the directive sets marginal costs as an upper bound for charging PSI. This article discusses the terms under...

As the rapid growth of the Open Government Partnership shows, it is by now conventional wisdom that opening up government information for broader use by industry, civil society and citizens produces many benefits: better performing government, more citizen participation and impressive economic...

Open data are held to contribute to a wide variety of social and political goals, including strengthening transparency, public participation and democratic accountability, promoting economic growth and innovation, and enabling greater public sector efficiency and cost savings. However, releasing...