A2K4 Panel I: Perspectives on Access to Knowledge and Human Rights
To date, the intersection between intellectual property and human rights has been analyzed from several perspectives. Some claim that intellectual property is a human right; others object that IP protection conflicts with efforts to realize the rights to health, food, education, or free expression. A consensus perspective on how to view the intersection of IP [...]
Tech Policy Reading Group
Week 3 / Sept 29: Wireless & Spectrum Readings: FCC Notice of Inquiry, Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications Market: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-66A1.pdf (pages 1-10, 16-23, 28-30) Victor Pickard & Sascha D. Meinrath, Revitalizing the Public Airwaves: http://www.newamerica.net/files/Pickard_Meinrath_WorkingPaper24_RevitalizingPublicAirwaves.pdf (addressing various models of spectrum reform) (pages 7-11) Philadelphia Story: http://www.newamerica.net/files/NAF_PhilWireless_report.pdf Larry Page & former FCC Chairman [...]
Panel 2: Ethics and Politics of Library 2.0
Library 2.0 is well underway and after a short break, everyone seems excited to get back. The second panel, looking at the Ethics and Politics of the Library 2.0, is moderated by Ted Byfield, Visiting Fellow at the Yale Information Society Project and Assistant Professor at New School University. First up we had Mary Alice [...]



