November 22, 2004

IP-Watch

Posted by Henry

Another new blog that deserves some attention - IP-Watch, monitoring “the behind the scenes dynamics” of intellectual property. The politics of intellectual property is exceptionally murky and non-transparent - dubious deals done at the international level which are then presented as faits accomplis to national publics. IP-Watch starts with a particularly good account of the shenanigans over the recent broadcasting negotiations. One worth visiting regularly.

Update: via BoingBoing, Jamie Boyle has written a nice polemic for the FT on how intellectual property policy is made.

Posted on November 22, 2004 10:36 PM UTC
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Although she updates only spasmodically, Kim Weatherall has good discussion and links on IP topics.

Posted by John Quiggin · November 23, 2004 07:03 AM

Nowadays, when i worry about IP, i mainly worry about things like this. It seems to me that a large part of IP-legislation is about denying developing countries the opportunity to catch up.

Posted by Omada · November 23, 2004 06:19 PM

Nowadays, when i worry about IP, i mainly worry about things like this. It seems to me that a large part of IP-legislation is about denying developing countries the opportunity to catch up.

Posted by omada · November 23, 2004 06:22 PM
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