Misplaced Pages

#310689

14-415: A2K may refer to: Access to Knowledge movement A2K (America2Korea) A2K, a type of baseball glove sold by Wilson Sporting Goods [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

28-501: A broad coalition of consumer groups, NGOs, activists, Internet users and others. For many of them, coming to grips with the issues involved in the A2K movement can be daunting. These issues, including copyright and patent law reform, open content licensing, and communications rights, often involve legal and technological concepts that even specialists find difficult. Knowledge Ecology International Knowledge Ecology International ( KEI )

42-445: A dedicated domain, and defines the movement as: the umbrella term for a movement that aims to create more equitable public access to the products of human culture and learning. The ultimate objective of the movement is to create a world in which educational and cultural works are accessible to all, and in which consumers and creators alike participate in a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and creativity. These goals are of interest to

56-407: A human lifetime. CP Tech (now Knowledge Ecology International ) say: "the A2K (Access to Knowledge) movement takes concerns with copyright law and other regulations that affect knowledge and places them within an understandable social need and policy platform: access to knowledge goods." Many different groups refer to the A2K movement. Consumers International is particularly prominent, running

70-448: A treaty". A shared discussion platform on A2K issues is the mailing list of that name, which was initiated around discussion of the Geneva declaration. A draft "A2K treaty" was later produced. The proposed treaty is intended to ease the transfer of knowledge to developing nations, and to secure the viability of open innovation systems all over the world. Access to knowledge and science

84-404: A very real sense, rights delayed are rights denied. Had access to oral rehydration therapy and second-generation vaccine technologies been delayed for twenty years ... three million children would have died. Even for less life-and-death technologies, a twenty-year delay works an immense limitation on enjoyment of the right. For cultural works, the situation is even worse; protection lasts longer than

98-557: Is a non-governmental organization . It was founded by Ralph Nader in 1995 and was then called Consumer Project on Technology. It deals with issues related to the effects of intellectual property on public health , cyberlaw and e-commerce , and competition policy . It has fought the Microsoft monopoly, the ICANN monopoly, software patents , and business method patents . It has supported free software in government , open access for

112-569: Is protected by Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . The article balances the right of access with a right to protection of moral and material interests: Article 27 Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he

126-406: Is the author. A2K academics argue that "material interests" are not simply equivalent to current intellectual property provisions, not least because these rights are saleable and transferable, and therefore not "inalienable". The right to access is ultimately the more important part of the right. Current levels of IP protection seem out of balance with Article 27, according to A2K theorists: ... in

140-606: The Free Software Foundation , with a statement Towards a "World Intellectual Wealth Organisation": Supporting the Geneva Declaration. One of the proposals of the declaration was to a "call for a Treaty on Access to Knowledge and Technology. The Standing Committee on Patents and the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights should solicit views from member countries and the public on elements of such

154-472: The Internet , and privacy regulation. KEI works on access to medicines , including a major effort on compulsory licensing of patents. Beginning in 2002, CPTech began to work with Tim Hubbard and others on a new trade framework for medical research and development (R&D). In the context of current bilateral agreements, this is referred to as R&D+, which in contrast to TRIPS + approaches. In 2006,

SECTION 10

#1732858661311

168-470: The MacArthur Foundation awarded KEI a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, saying in part: KEI promotes balanced intellectual property polices in U.S. law and in international agreements and norms. It supports providing reasonable benefits and incentives to creators and owners, while making essential knowledge and goods accessible and affordable to the broadest possible public. It

182-696: The Sciences and Humanities from 2003 is a major declaration reflecting the goals of the movement pertaining to academic publishing. In October 2004, the Geneva declaration on the future of the World Intellectual Property Organization emerged from a call from Brazil and Argentina for a development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization , and was supported by hundreds organizations. Supporters included

196-508: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A2K&oldid=1175078846 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Access to Knowledge movement The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in

#310689