[A2k] New UK digital think tank: Frontiers of Freedom: intellectual property in the digital age

[Michelle Childs]

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Dear All
The pamphlet below is worth reading for  the interview with  Andrew
Gowers( of the Gowers review) . He refers to the Adelphi Charter
( his starting point) Lessig ( he asked me to draw a line in the sand
and say enough on IP expansion.. and I have). Comments that IP too
long a priesthood ( the courts) on the one hand and a  (IP)lobbyists
playground on the other with the exclusion of the people who pay-
consumers. He also says that TRIPS  would not be passed today for a
number of reasons including greater awareness that one size fits all
IP policy does not work for developing countries.
>   link    http://www.knowledgepolitics.org.uk/frontiers.html
michelle




> From: Knowledge Politics <info@knowledgepolitics.org.uk>
> Date: 20-Mar-2007 19:06
> Subject: Frontiers of Freedom: intellectual property in the digital
> age
> Dear all,,
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> This update email is from Knowledge Politics, the information society
> think-tank.
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> We are delighted to announce the publication of a new series of
> pamphlets on the future of intellectual property rights in the digital
> age.
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> In Part One of the series, Derek Wyatt, Pete Wishart and campaigner
> Becky Hogge respond to the recommendations of the Gowers Review of
> Intellectual Property.  In Part Two, experts discuss the global
> intellectual property regime - featuring contributions by Susan K
> Sell, Debora Halbert and Sam Howard-Spink.  In Part Three, the
> changing nature of intellectual property theory is considered by
> Christopher May, Rosemary Bechler, David M Berry and Martin McIvor.
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> The pamphlets and accompanying press release can be downloaded at:
> http://www.knowledgepolitics.org.uk/frontiers.html
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> Further upcoming publications from Knowledge Politics will include a
> report on the EU's proposed revision of the Television Without
> Frontiers directive.
>
> Richard Berry
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> Knowledge Politics
> www.knowledgepolitics.org.uk
> info@knowledgepolitics.org.uk
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michelle.childs@cptech.org