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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Earlier this month I asked some queries on Digital Feudalism to help me learn more after reading an article by Prof. Mariana Mazzucato on this topic. Details at
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lot of good ideas have been shared by colleagues in response to this. I would like to share summary updates on the discussions to help reduce Digital Feudalism at the CODATA
mailing lists, so we can get ideas to develop policies to reduce Digital Feudalism. CODATA is the Committee on Data of the
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Digital Feudalism is going to affect everyone in our planet, so it is important that there are policy and frameworks to reduce Digital Feudalism. I think it is important
to get opinions from all different perspectives to help us understand more - from scientists perspective, student perspective, educator perspective,</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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perspective, government perspective, SME perspective, startups perspective, Parents perspective etc.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:#454545"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Mark Parsons has provided a good summary of discussions till now at
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">I understand that the International Science Council is shortly to launch a major initiative on Global Data Governance (that will deal with many of the issues raised). I
thank International Science Council for their leadership and welcome this development and I will provide my full support for this. It is important that the science community takes lead on this and develop guidelines. I request that colleagues provide support
and contribute to International Science Council’s initiative once more details are announced .</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">So how can we contribute to develop policy frameworks to help reduce Digital Feudalism in GIS/EO Cloud Platforms?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sharing ideas helps us to develop collective wisdom to solve complex problems. If you wish to contribute ideas to this, please join CODATA maillist at
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and contribute to the thread on Digital Feudalism.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am grateful to everyone who contributed their ideas and inputs. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best wishes,</span></p>
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