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Proposed WIPO Treaty on Access to Knowledge
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Ignacio De Leon, "The Enforcement of Competition Policy on Intellectual Property and its Implications on Economic Development - The Latin Americun Experience", Journal of World Intellectual Property Volume 4 Page 729 - September 2001
Electronic Frontier Foundation
WIPO Press Release, "TOKYO HIGH LEVEL FORUM CONSIDERS IP POLICIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT", January 30, 2006 here
Argentina and Brazil, Proposal for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO
Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks, Ch. 11: The Battle Over the Institutional Ecology of the Digital Environment (2006)
James Boyle The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain , 66-SPG LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 33 (2003)
William Drake, selected publications
Jonathan Dudas, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Speech to Annual American Intellectual Property Law Association (2004)
Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO
The International Federation of Library Association’s (2004),Position On The Geneva Declaration On The Future Of WIPO
William Landes & Richard Posner, The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Law (2004)
Ronaldo Lemos, Direito, Tecnologia e Cultura (2005)
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Derek H.C. Chen & Carl J. Dahlman, The Knowledge Economy, the KAM Methodoloy and World Bank Operations" (World Bank Institute Working Paper No. 37256, 2005)">
Amitabh Kundu, ICT and Human Development, Towards Building a Composite Index for Asia (UNDP Technical Paper, 2004)
Information Technologies and International Development
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Danielle Conway-Jones, Safeguarding Hawaiian Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Heritage: Supporting the Right to Self-Determination and Preventing the Commodification of Culture , 48 How. L.J. 737 (2005)
Gloria Emeagwali, African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIK): Implications for the Curriculum
Daniel Gervais, Spiritual but not Intellectual? The Protection of Sacred Intangible Traditional Knowledge , 11 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 467 (2003)
Stephen A. Hansen and Justin W. VanFleet, A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity (issued by the American Association for the Advancement of Science)
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Vandana Shiva, The Neem Tree - A Case History of Biopiracy
Sumathi Subbiah, Reaping What They Sow: The Basmati Rice Controversy and Strategies for Protecting Traditional Knowledge , 27 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 529 (2004)
Alexandria Archives : Traditional knowledge and scholarly IP incentives
Open Context : Information systems for sharing archaelogical field research
Alaska Native Science Commission
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
Mario Osava, Peasants Say No to ‘Selling' Traditional Knowledge , Inter Press Service News Agency - March 21, 2006
DOST uses text messaging to disseminate agri-tech info , Visayan Daily Star, Philippines - April 9, 2006
Mario Osava, Indigenous Groups Denounce Exclusion from Talks , Inter Press Service - April 3, 2006
African law needed to protect traditional medicine , SciDev.net - April 2004
Will local customs help conserve water? , Mail and Guardian - March 21, 2006
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
Consumer Project on Technology, Treaty on Access to Knowledge
Consumer Project on Technology, Access to Knowledge Page
UK House of Commons, Science and Technology -- Tenth Report
Peter Suber, Open Access Timeline
D Burk. "Cyberlaw and the Norms of Science", 1999 B.C. Int. Prop. & Tech. F. (1999)
M Lemley and D Burk "Biotechnology’s Uncertainty Principle", 54 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 691 (2004)
A Rai. Finding Cures for Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source an Answer?", 1 PLoS Medicine 180-183 (Dec 2004)
The National Academies Website
Wu, Tim, Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 2, p. 141, 2005
van Schewick, Barbara, Towards an Economic Framework for Network Neutrality Regulation (September 20, 2005)
Network Neutrality (Wikipedia)
Network Neutrality and Cybertelecom
Washington Post, The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet Sunday, January 22, 2006; Page B01
Washington Post, Arshad Mohammed, Verizon Executive Calls for End to Google's 'Free Lunch' Tuesday, February 7, 2006; Page D01
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Learning with Libraries and Copyright Issues, Teresa Hackett, Information Meeting on Educational Content and Copyright in the Digital Age, WIPO, Geneva, 21 November 2005, here
The International Federation of Library Associations, here
The Consumer Project on Technology: Access to Knowledge, here
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International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, here
IP Justice, here
WIPO on copyright and related rights, here
Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in the Digital Environment: An International Library Perspective, IFLA Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM), here
Joint eIFL/IFLA statement on limitations and exceptions, WIPO SCCR, Thirteenth session, Geneva, 21-23 November 2005 here
The British Library submits evidence to APIG on DRMs, here
US Public Roundtables On Copyright Exceptions For Libraries and Archives, here
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IFAP funded project on libraries and copyright starts, here
Offsetting IPRs' adverse effects on access to knowledge, here
Access to Medicines at Risk Across the Globe: What to watch out for in Free Trade Agreements with the United States MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, May 2004
Will the Lifeline of Affordable Medicines for Poor Countries be Cut?: Consequences of Medicines Patenting in India MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, February 2005
Indian Parliament to Discuss Patent Law – Millions of Lives at Stake MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, 2/25/2005
A Guide to the Post-2005 World: TRIPS, R&D, and Access to MedicinesMSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, 2/25/2005
Economic Aspects of Access to Essential Medicines after 2005: Product Patent Protection and Emerging Firm Strategies in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Padmashree Gehl Sampath
MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
Open Source, Open Market for IdeasJuly 5, 2005 in CIO Insight by Edward Baker
WSIS: Bridging the Digital Divide? in Third World Network By Pablo Accuosto
WSIS and the struggle to bridge the digital divide: A lack of commitments in Third World Network by Chantal Peyer
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
Using Weblogs and Rss in Education (K-12)
Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in Development Programmes (pdf file - good overview of role of ICT in developing countries) August 6, 2005 By Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
B Fitzgerald, "Creative Commons (CC): Accessing, Negotiating and Remixing Online Content" (2005) here
Kiel-Chisholm, Scott D. and Fitzgerald, Brian F. (2006) The Rise of Open Access in the Creative, Educational and Science Commons here
OECD Project on Open Educational Resources (OER) here
GPLv3 Wiki (with current draft of the license, rational behind the changes, comments and more) here
Linus Torvald objects DRM in GPL 3 (and will therefore not convert Linux to new GPL 3 license)
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Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitisation, U of Melbourne Law, Centre for Media and Communications Law, August 2005 Emily Hudson and Andrew T. Kenyon, here
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CONFU, The Conferance in Fair Use, here
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eIFL -- Electronic Information for Libraries here
American Scientist Open Access Forum here
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) here
ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies) here
Bibliography of Findings on the Open Access Impact Advantage here
Self-Archiving FAQ here
JISC Open Access Briefing Paper here
Australian AuseAcess Wiki here
Open Access News Blog here
Eprints Open Access here