Illuminating the impact of intellectual property law on innovation

Christina’s terrific piece on Copyright and Glee looks at IP law’s impact on cultural participation. But what about the impact of IP on access to new technologies? I’d like to take that up as the topic of my post, through a look at the little-known legal life of the light bulb. More than a century [...]

ISP Fellows featured in “Why Open Video?”

On the same weekend as the ISP’s conference, A2K4: Access to Knowledge and Human Rights, the Free Culture X conference was taking place in Washington DC. As part of that event, they released Tim Kothran’s great ten-minute educational movie entitled “Why Open Video?” Download link: [OGG] [MP4]

Access to Knowledge and Human Rights Conference

February 11-13, 2010 at Yale Law School This conference seeks to lay the groundwork – conceptual and strategic – to build bridges between the A2K and human rights communities pursuing common goals of promoting greater access to knowledge, culture, technology and tools for innovation worldwide.

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