Economic Challenges of Digital Preservation

As the amount of digital data continues to grow exponentially, there's a general consensus that we need a plan in place for preservation and dissemination.  However, determining "who is responsible" and "who should pay for it" is another story.  In Sustaining the Digital Investment: Issues and Challenges of Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation, the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access attempts to create a working and sustainable economic model for digital access and preservation.  "Decision makers must make access and preservation a strategic and actionable priority, incorporating it into their planning, economic models, and interactions with constituent communities. Without their participation, it will be difficult to build on the critical foundation of digital information required for leadership and competitiveness in the information age."  [RJ]