Knowledge and education: pro-access implications of new technologies

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Abstract

This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of development, with local contexts and culture in mind. A resource for policy-makers, stakeholders, non-profits and students, this volume furthermore highlights alternative modes of innovation that are emerging to address such diverse challenges as neglected or resurgent diseases in developing countries and the harnessing of creative possibilities on the Internet. The collected essays emphasize not only fair access by individuals and communities to intellectual property – protected material, whether a cure, a crop variety, clean technology, a textbook or a tune – but also the enhancement of their own capabilities in cultural participation and innovation.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntellectual Property and Human Development: Current Trends and Future Scenarios
EditorsT. Wong, G. Dutfield
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages250-278
ISBN (Print)978-05-2113-828-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010

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