Open Access and the Complexity of Digital Rights

How should we use the internet? This question covers many issues. Should the sharing of all types of data be authorised? Who can access which data and under which conditions? Who should have oversight and control over it ?

These questions and further aspects of the opportunities of and limitations to open access are described in this article. Read also this post on OKFN Blog about the Consequences, risks and side-effects of the license module “non-commercial use only”.