Press Release: Unleashing the economic potential of Europe’s public sector information for future development of European Content

the European Commission adopted a Communication aiming to improve the exploitation of public sector information throughout Europe ON 23 October 2001. The purpose is to remove the many barriers content companies are facing trying to develop the next generation of cross-border information services and products based on public sector information. The overall aim is to put these European companies on an equal footing with companies in other markets such as the US, where simpler access and re-use regimes have led to a market up to five times larger than that in Europe. While the Communication comprises a set of European-level measures to facilitate the re-use of government information resources, the Commission is also considering to ease the existing barriers through a directive.

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