By Ewan Sutherland
In the not so distant past reports, newsletters and statistics for media and telecommunications were published on paper - indeed the IIC once maintained a library of such documents. Access to databases was quite expensive, with a requirement to purchase a subscription. Then material moved online, though typically in PDF formats, sometimes locked to limit re-use. Gradually, this model seems to be changing as governments adopt an open data or open government data (OGD) approach. There is a parallel and complex debate in the academic world about moving journals from behind pay-walls to open access.
Download- Intermedia Issue:
- Vol 41, Issue 2
- Issue Date:
- September 2013
Ewan Sutherland
Consultant; Research Fellow, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Research Associate, CRIDS, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium 
