my point:what’s happened in open datatwo lessons for the legal community the central challenge

1. what’s happened in open data

•Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;

•Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;

•Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles;

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3-D model

graffitianalysis

Bing ThomArchitects

Local Government

Traditional Community groups

taxi city

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2. two lessons for the legal community

A. collapse transaction costs

allow for cooperationnot

collaboration

B. legal innovation

license!

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“When attractive profits disappear at one stage in the value chain because a product becomes modular and commoditized, the opportunity to earn attractive profits with proprietary products will usually emerge at an adjacent stage.”

- Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business Review, Feb 2004

for a number of issues a citizen with a computer can be as effective as a lawyer

yes no

the legal system

is impenetrable

A nurse with a computer can replace a GP

yes no

A nurse with a computer can replace a GP

yes no

yes no

A nurse with a computer can replace a GP

yes noSurgeon

A nurse with a computer can replace a GP

3. the central challenge

innovation challenge

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“When attractive profits disappear at one stage in the value chain because a product becomes modular and commoditized, the opportunity to earn attractive profits with proprietary products will usually emerge at an adjacent stage.”

- Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business Review, Feb 2004

What does a CC license look like:

•Wills•Rental Agreements•?

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I’ve been fired

wills

divcorce

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genius is in the brandingand the content

David Eaves

david@eaves.ca

www.eaves.ca

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