Access to Knowledge
Copyright lobby (IIPA) demands that USTR punish governments who 'consider' mandating open source software
Submitted by thiru on 2. March 2010 - 4:38On February 18, 2010, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a trade association whose members include the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) prepared a 498 page submission to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) detailing their concerns with 39 countries or territories which the IIPA believed were not providing adequate and effective protection of their
KEI comments in OSTP review of policies to deliver public access to results of taxpayer-funded research
Submitted by James Love on 23. January 2010 - 23:00Before The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Regarding the development of policies to deliver public access to published results of taxpayer-funded research
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COMMENTS BY KNOWLEDGE ECOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Knowledge Ecology International appreciates the opportunity to submit the following reply comments in connection with the Notice of Inquiry regarding enhancing public access to archived publications resulting from research funded by Federal science and technology agencies published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2009.
Open Access to Scientific Literature
Letter to Senators on Public Access Act
February 16, 2007
Senator Susan Collins
461 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Senator Joseph Lieberman
706 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senators,
WIPO Broadcasting Treaty
For older documents, see CPTech webpage on WIPO Broadcasting Treaty For commentary, including breaking developments, see KEI blogs on the treaty.
Proposal for Treaty of Access to Knowledge (May 10, 2005 Draft)
The following is the text that was prepared in 2005 as a possible basis for a treaty on Access to Knowledge. The text was prepared in response to an August 2004 proposal by Argentina and Brazil for a WIPO Development Agenda, that included in its original proposal, a possible treaty on access to knowledge. The process that created this specific draft text included three elements.
KEI remarks on accepting the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions
Chicago. October 5, 2006. Thank you. Thanks in particular to Elspeth Revere and Kathy Im.
This award recognizes the collective efforts of our very devoted and talented staff and board. The money and the recognition will make it possible for Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), our new corporate entity, to do more.
Copyright Limitations & Exceptions, and User Rights
Submitted by Manon Ress on 12. August 2009 - 17:34KEI's work on limitations and exceptions to the exclusive rights of copyright owners covers a wide range of issues, in many different fora. KEI has worked on reading disabilities, education, libraries, the relationship between copyright L&E and technical protection measures or DRM technologies, the scope of fair use, and rights of creative communities to reuse and re-purpose works, access to out of print or orphaned works, compulsory licensing of copyrighted works, the control of excessive pricing, and limits on the use of contracts that undermine user rights.
