[A2k] Huffington Post: U.S. government opposition to term "access to knowledge" in key WIPO negotiation

[Jeff Williams]

Andrea and all,

  "Access ccess to knowledge" means exactly what it says.  Nothing more
and nothing less.  Any other meaning is contrived and therefore not
accurate regardless of context.

Andrea Glorioso wrote:

> --
> >>>>> "Judit" == Judit Rius Sanjuan <judit.rius@keionline.org> writes:
>
>     > Here "access to knowledge" is referred to by many simply as A2K,
>     > a term that is apparently terrorizing the many lobbyists for
>     > publishers. I'm hoping the U.S. will come around, and agree that
>     > yes, the U.N. can actually "discuss possible new initiatives" to
>     > facilitate "access to knowledge." It is rather amazing that this
>     > is even controversial.
>
> If I may..  when we scratch  the surface, I  think lots of people give
> different meaning to the term "access to knowledge". Although I do not
> share  nor condone the reasons   why  various countries  at WIPO  (and
> elsewhere) do not want to use the term, I think we  might want to make
> sure that even the proponents of A2K  have a true common understanding
> of what the term ought to mean, and not just one that shifts according
> to  the tactical opportunities  they are faced with  -  which is a bad
> thing in and by itself, but might be  counter-productive in the remote
> case we are ever in a position to plan in the *real* long term.
>
> Or does this mean I am the only one that has some doubts on the actual
> meaning of A2K?
>
> Ciao,
>
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