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Friday, January 19, 2007

Writing competition on access to knowledge

The Yale Law School Information Society Project and the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy are hosting a writing competition on access to knowledge in conjunction with the Second Conference on Access to Knowledge (New Haven, April 27-29, 2007).  Excerpt:

Submissions for the writing competition must be received by noon EST, February 15th, 2007. The author of the best paper, as well as two runners-up will be invited to present their work at a panel during the conference. The author of the winning paper will receive coverage of his/her travel to and accommodations at Yale University for the conference.  Selected papers will be announced by April 1st, 2007. The authors of the award-winning papers will automatically be invited to publish their work in a special Autumn 2007 volume of the International Journal of Communications Law & Policy devoted to Access to Knowledge....