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 after its [...]
A2K4 Panel V: Freedom to Innovate: Knowledge, Technology, Culture
We live in an age of decentralized innovation in which civil liberties and cultural freedom depend on the freedom to innovate and share innovations with others. Increasingly, cultural freedom, access to knowledge, and freedom of expression depend on the ability of entrepreneurs to create new tools for sharing, producing, and distributing content. Increasingly, new ideas [...]
A2K4 Panel VI: The Right to Science and Culture: Access and Participation
Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of everyone to take part in cultural life, and to share in the benefits of scientific progress. This “right to science and culture” has great relevance for access to knowledge issues, but is still in the early stages of development.
This panel will [...]









