International Copyright And Access To Knowledge

Author : Sara Bannerman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316445112

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International Copyright and Access to Knowledge by Sara Bannerman Pdf

The principle of Access to Knowledge (A2K) has become a common reference point for a diverse set of agendas that all hope to realize technological and human potential by making knowledge more accessible. This book is a history of international copyright focused on principles of A2K and their proponents. Whilst debate and discussion so far has covered the perspectives of major western countries, the author's fresh approach to the topic considers emerging countries and NGOs, who have fought for the principles of A2K that are now fundamental to the system. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book connects copyright history to current problems, issues and events.

Author : Chris Armstrong
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781919895451

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Access to Knowledge in Africa by Chris Armstrong Pdf

"This book is a result of an international and interdisciplinary research project known as the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) project"--Acknowledgments.

Author : Susan Isiko Štrba
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004235403

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International Copyright Law and Access to Education in Developing Countries by Susan Isiko Štrba Pdf

In International Copyright Law and Access to Education in Developing Countries: Exploring Multilateral Legal and Quasi-Legal Solutions, Susan Isiko Štrba demonstrates the challenge of access to printed copyrighted educational and research materials in developing countries and proposes institutional and normative solutions at national and international levels.

Author : Chamila S. Talagala
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000378375

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Copyright Law and Translation by Chamila S. Talagala Pdf

Arguing that the translation of scientific and technical learning materials, and the publication of these translations in a timely and affordable manner, is crucially important in promoting access to scientific and technical knowledge in the developing world, this book examines the relationship between copyright law, translation and access to knowledge. Taking Sri Lanka as a case study in comparison with India and Bangladesh, it identifies factors that have contributed to the unfavourable relationship between copyright law and the timely and affordable translation of scientific and technical learning materials, such as colonisation, international copyright law, the trade interests of the developing economies and a lack of expertise and general lack of awareness surrounding copyright law in the developing world. Highlighting the need to reform international copyright law to promote the needs and interests of developing countries such as Sri Lanka, the book points to a possible way forward for developing countries to achieve this and to address the problem of striking a proper and delicate balance in their copyright laws between the protection of translation rights and the ability of people to access translations of copyright protected scientific and technical learning materials.

Author : Akhil Prasad,Aditi Agarwala, Akhil Prasad
Publisher : Universal Law Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Copyright
ISBN : 8175347759

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Copyright Law Desk Book by Akhil Prasad,Aditi Agarwala, Akhil Prasad Pdf

Author : Antony Taubman,Jayashree Watal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108490429

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Trade in Knowledge by Antony Taubman,Jayashree Watal Pdf

Offers insights into what it means to trade in knowledge in today's technological and commercial environment.

Author : Sileshi Bedasie Hirko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000477337

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Rethinking Copyright for Sustainable Human Development by Sileshi Bedasie Hirko Pdf

This book explores the interface between copyright and higher education, and their complementarities for the advancement of sustainable human development. In its broader sense, the concept of human development is noted as a set of freedoms and human capabilities that are essential for human flourishing. Adopting a rights-based human development and capability approach (HDCA), this book primarily examines the relevant policy and legal flexibilities under the existing international copyright system, and their implications for access to knowledge required for creative innovation and higher education. Exploring the interfaces between copyright and higher education, this book argues that an unbalanced and restrictive copyright system impedes reasonable access to knowledge, and stifles creative and learning freedoms or capabilities. In effect, a restrictive copyright system results in serious ramifications for sustainable human development. In view of its findings, this book underscores the need for rethinking copyright and reframing its relevant flexibilities as users' rights that are vital for promoting creative and learning capabilities towards sustainable human development. Further, the book emphasizes the complementarities between copyright and higher education, and their joint roles for sustainable human development. Given its application of the HDCA to explore ranges of interlinked topics, this book will be of a great interest to researchers across the fields of intellectual property law, innovation, global development, human rights, and higher education.

Author : Marc Scheufen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319127392

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Copyright Versus Open Access by Marc Scheufen Pdf

This book addresses the recent debate about copyright law and its impact on the distribution of scientific knowledge from an economic perspective. The focus is on the question whether a copyright regime or an open access regime is better suited to the norms and organizational structure in a purely global science community. The book undertakes a thorough economic analysis of the academic journal market and showcases consequences of a regime change. It also takes account of the Digital Divide debate, reflecting issues in developing countries. Finally, a comprehensive analysis of legal action in the light of international Intellectual Property (IP) agreements offers prospects on the future of academic publishing.

Author : Fredrick Noronha
Publisher : Consumers International
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic data processing
ISBN : 9780956611741

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Access to Knowledge by Fredrick Noronha Pdf

Author : P. Drahos,R. Mayne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230522923

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Global Intellectual Property Rights by P. Drahos,R. Mayne Pdf

Intellectual property rights such as patents can reduce access to knowledge in genetics, health, agriculture, education and information technology, particularly for people in developing countries. Global Intellectual Property Rights shows how the new global rules of intellectual property have been the product of the strategic behaviour of multinationals, rather than democratic dialogue. The final section of the book suggests strategies aimed at developing more flexible standard for poor countries, and for keeping knowledge in the intellectual commons.

Author : Dana Beldiman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781783470488

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Access to Information and Knowledge by Dana Beldiman Pdf

Massive quantities of information are required to fuel the innovation process in a knowledge-based economy; a requirement that is in tension with intellectual property (IP) laws. Against this backdrop, leading thinkers in the IP arena explore the Šacce

Author : Peter Drahos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139486019

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The Global Governance of Knowledge by Peter Drahos Pdf

Patent offices around the world have granted millions of patents to multinational companies. Patent offices are rarely studied and yet they are crucial agents in the global knowledge economy. Based on a study of forty-five rich and poor countries that takes in the world's largest and smallest offices, Peter Drahos argues that patent offices have become part of a globally integrated private governance network, which serves the interests of multinational companies, and that the Trilateral Offices of Europe, the USA and Japan make developing country patent offices part of the network through the strategic fostering of technocratic trust. By analysing the obligations of patent offices under the patent social contract and drawing on a theory of nodal governance, the author proposes innovative approaches to patent office administration that would allow developed and developing countries to recapture the public spirit of the patent social contract.

Author : Jonathan Curci
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521199445

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The Protection of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge in International Law of Intellectual Property by Jonathan Curci Pdf

Analyses the methods of protection of biodiversity and related traditional knowledge in the international and comparative national intellectual property systems.

Author : Sam F. Halabi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107177802

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Intellectual Property and the New International Economic Order by Sam F. Halabi Pdf

Developing countries have quietly constructed a network of international agreements that redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor.

Author : Daniel F. Robinson,Ahmed Abdel-Latif,Pedro Roffe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317354864

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Protecting Traditional Knowledge by Daniel F. Robinson,Ahmed Abdel-Latif,Pedro Roffe Pdf

This is the first comprehensive review of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established in 2000. It provides an in-depth consideration of the key thematic areas within WIPO discussions – genetic resources (GRs), traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) through the perspectives of a broad range of experts and stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and local communities. It also looks at how these areas have been treated in a number of forums and settings (including national systems and experiences, and also in trade agreements) and the interface with WIPO discussions. Furthermore, the book analyses the process and the negotiation dynamics since the IGC received a mandate from WIPO members, in 2009, to undertake formal text-based negotiations towards legal instruments for the protection of GR, TK and TCEs. While there has been some progress in these negotiations, important disagreements persist. If these are to be resolved, the adoption of these legal instruments would be a significant development towards resolving key gaps in the modern intellectual property system. In this regard, the book considers the future of the IGC and suggests options which could contribute towards achieving a consensual outcome.