Freedom from IPR

From the start, the extension of 'right' to protect 'intellectual creations' has been to ensure that the so-called 'inventor' gets to monopolise his 'invention'. Intellectual property rights – whether in seeds, software, or medicine – is far from being an incentive system that encourages innovation. It is the opposite: it restricts knowledge sharing and curtails freedom to (re)create. This section features some successes of circumventing monopoly control as well as looks at the potentialities of a cross-sectoral movement to challenge the concept, legitimacy and regime of intellectual property rights.

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Fighting FTAs: An international strategy workshop (43 kb)
Author: Organised by FTA Watch with bilaterals.org, GRAIN and Médecins Sans Frontières
This workshop brought together, for the first time, movements from many different countries which have been fighting FTAs and BITs. Participation...
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Software Freedom Day (16 September 2006)
Author: Software Freedom International
Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software. Local...
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A2K Initiative
The goal of the A2K initiative is Access to Knowledge for all people. This site currently provides information and tools for action on the proposed...
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