Yale A2K conference

Named after the proposed treaty by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), (for more see Consumer Project on Technology A2K site), Yale Law school and the Information Society Project will host the A2K conference next month. The goal of the A2K is to “to come up with a new analytic framework for analysing the possibly distortive effects of public policies relying exclusively on intellectual property rights. Beyond this aim, the A2K initiative seeks to support the adoption and development of alternative ways to foster greater access to knowledge in the digitally connected environment.” The list of speakers includes a host of leading copyright thinkers and activists from around the world.

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