In today's Business Day, John Kilama criticizes the IP-focused parts of the WIPO Development Agenda (and its A2K treaty) but concedes the strength of the OA-related parts. Excerpt: 'The World Intellectual Property Organisation is meeting this week for a final discussion of a so-called “development agenda”, which has been largely predicated on the dubious proposition that intellectual property is to blame for many of the ills in the world. Implementing such an agenda would likely be counterproductive. Far from improving access to medicine, “reforming” the rules would likely undermine the very foundations of economic growth, while doing nothing to promote long-term access to drugs. Among the better models for innovation suggested by opponents of the current system are open-access publishing, open-source software development and increased government funding for research and development.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/28/2005 07:39:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
