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Giedre Stankeviciute

Intellectual property - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Lawrence Lessig, along with many other copyleft and free software activists, have criticized the implied analogy with physical property (like land or an automobile). They argue such an analogy fails because physical property is generally rivalrous while intellectual works are non-rivalrous (that is, if one makes a copy of a work, the enjoyment of the copy does not prevent enjoyment of the original).
  • Some critics of intellectual property, such as those in the free culture movement, point at intellectual monopolies as harming health (in the case of pharmaceutical patents), preventing progress, and benefiting concentrated interests to the detriment of the masses,[34][35] and argue that the public interest is harmed by ever expansive monopolies in the form of copyright extensions, software patents, and business method patents.
  • intellectual property tends to be governed by economic goals when it should be viewed primarily as a social product;
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  • Other criticism of intellectual property law concerns the tendency of the protections of intellectual property to expand, both in duration and in scope. The trend has been toward longer copyright protection[39] (raising fears that it may some day be eternal).
  • Patents have been granted for living organisms,[43] (and in the US, certain living organisms have been patentable for over a century)[44] and colors have been trademarked.[
  • The ethical problems brought up by intellectual property rights are most pertinent when it is socially valuable goods like life-saving medicines and genetically modified seeds that are given intellectual property protection. For example, pharmaceutical companies that produce, apply[clarification needed] intellectual property rights in order to prevent other companies from manufacturing their product without the additional cost of research and development. The application of intellectual property rights allow companies to charge higher than the marginal cost of production in order to recoup the costs of research and development.[50] However, this immediately excludes from the market anyone who cannot afford the cost of the product, in this case a life saving drug.
Giedre Stankeviciute

Indonesia Acts to Override Patents on HIV Drugs | The Jakarta Globe - 0 views

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  • Under World Trade Organisation rules member countries are permitted to take measures to override patents when it is deemed necessary to protect public health.
  • "Indonesia has set an important precedent, not just for the people living with HIV within its country, who have been campaigning for this, but also for other developing countries," said Michelle Childs of Medecins Sans Frontieres.
  • Andrew Jenner, its director of innovation, intellectual property and trade, said developing countries had a right to override patents by issuing so-called compulsory licences in certain limited circumstances but this should be a last resort.
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  • "Systematic issuance of compulsory licenses by Indonesia sets a negative precedent and can reduce the incentive to invest in the research and development of new medicines, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis therapies," he said.
  • Giedre Stankeviciute on 15 Oct 12
     
    Indonesia overrides med-patents to make the cure more affordable.. 
Charlie Wegrzyn

Remix: The Book - 0 views

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  • Charlie Wegrzyn on 30 Oct 12
     
    "The remixthebook.com website is the online hub for the digital remixes of many of the theories generated in the print book and features the work of artists, creative writers and scholars for whom the practice and theory of remix art is central to their research interests."
Giedre Stankeviciute

Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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  • Giedre Stankeviciute on 22 Oct 12
     
    "How does cancer know it's cancer? At Jay Bradner's lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 -- and instead of patenting JQ1, they published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on. "
Abigail Kelsen

Parallel imports - an overview for pharma - Feature | PharmiWeb.com - 1 views

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  • The craving for cheap drugs has never been greater. For those patients and policymakers in developing countries, the existence of parallel imports is less a concern than a blessing. Yet for pharmaceutical companies themselves, there is the concern that an increasing trade in parallel imports would severely damage research-intensive activities and ultimately slow down the development of the very same drugs that are being traded in ‘grey’ markets today.
  • Abigail Kelsen on 17 Sep 12
     
    Mentioned in the Something Borrowed article, the United States is trying to swing that parallel imports for pharmaceuticals violates the intellectual property of the western drug producers.
  • Troy Davis on 18 Sep 12
     
    interesting connection there!
skcrawford

New Media Institute - Internet Facts, Statistics, Research and Analysis - 2 views

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  • Matt Schofield on 31 Jan 12
     
    Some examples and descriptions of new media in society
Becca Schall

Plagiarism | Common Craft - 0 views

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  • Becca Schall on 17 Sep 12
     
    This is a cute video explaining plagiarism for kids.  It talks about common knowledge, but where is the boundary?
Giedre Stankeviciute

Graffiti Research Lab - 0 views

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  • Giedre Stankeviciute on 18 Sep 12
     
    I wonder if we could get an access to watch "the only movie to officially be put on the Dept. of Homeland Security no-fly list." There are some cool pics on the side too.
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