Digital Humanities, Digital Cultural Heritage e l'istanza Open

The paper is about recent national and European legislation on data re-use. It argues time has come to realize that Open Access and copyright ought not to oppose each other. They should instead nd ways to balance each other. Open Access is necessary for government-spon- sored data. The industrial and creative industry cannot simply give up copyright. It must keep to it in order to survive on the market. On the other side, the industrial and creative industry ought to be enabled to make use of government-sponsored data. Legislation is on the way.