A Politics Of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net? by James Boyle
Paper by James Boyle calling for reduction of intellectual property laws, to be achieved by political machination inspired by the environmental movement.
http://www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/intprop.htmA Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property"
This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws.
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html
Brian Martin: Against intellectual property
An Australian university gives a powerful case against "intellectual property" laws. Includes a long bibliography of books supporting the point.
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/95psa.html
Bunop's Intellectual Property Pencil
Irony exposing the limitations of a shrink-wrap license.
http://www.bunop.com
Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property
Guide to computer ethics issues and current news includes an introduction to the problematic copyright issues raised by digital media.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/cgi-bin/2-1.cgi
Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX)
A news and discussion site dedicated to critical analysis of the use, abuse, and relevance of IP Law. [Slash-style site]
http://www.freeipx.org
Giftfile Project
A project to enable authors of computer files containing nonproprietary intellectual works (free music, literature, software) and their supporters (including fans, users) to participate in a gift economy.
http://giftfile.org/
Information Liberation: Against Intellectual Property
A chapter from the book Information Liberation, written by Brian Martin.
http://danny.oz.au/free-software/advocacy/against_IP.html
Intellectual Property at the National Academies
A guide to the Academies' documents and publications on Intellectual Property and a forum to discuss ongoing work.
http://search.nap.edu/shelves/ip/
Intellectual Property Compensation Via Tipping
Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books).
http://tipping.selfpromotion.com/
Intellectual Property Issues
An impressive list of links to articles concerning intellectual "property" issues, from all sides.
http://www.negativland.com/intprop.html
Intellectual Property Rights Overview
The W3C's take on intellectual property rights in the Information Age.
http://www.w3.org/IPR/
Invention Development Group
Offers information on intellectual property agreements, patents, product licensing, and trademarking.
http://www.thepatentguys.com
IP Future
This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property law which balances the needs of people wit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ipfuture/
IP Matters
A pro-IP publication devoted to intellectual property matters. Includes features, interviews, research reports and analysis, and IP statistics.
http://www.derwent.com/ipmatters/
Library Juice Copyright Issue
A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet.
http://libr.org/Juice/issues/vol3/LJ_3.35.sup.html
Mid-Atlantic Infoshop - Against Intellectual Property
A page critical of copyrights, trademarks, and intellectual property.
http://www.infoshop.org/aip.html
Negativland - Fair Use
An essay exploring whether artists, for profit or not, have the right to freely "sample" from an already "created" electronic environment that surrounds them for use in their own work.
http://www.negativland.com/fairuse.html
Roundtable - 98.09
An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/forum/copyright/intro.htm
The GNU Manifesto
The last name in software freedom...this outlines the reasons that "Gnu's Not Unix" produces free software.
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
The Mark is the Beast
An article describing the change in the usage of trademarks, and how it stifles our use of our own language.
http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/07-20-98/boston_feature_1.html
The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works
Article exposing that the cable television industry is moving to implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios and cable providers to control what viewers are able to record.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/15679.html
The Right to Read
Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
University of Toronto Fraud
A PhD student alleges theft of intellectual property.
http://ca.geocities.com/uoftfraud/
Weaving Webs of Ownership: Intellectual Property in an Information Age
Debora J. Halbert's doctoral dissertation in progress concerning on intellectual property laws in the West.
http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/dissertation/TOC2.html
Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded
Article comparing today's toughening of US intellectual property laws to help given to the US shipping industry 30 years ago, resulting in even greater losses for US firms, higher prices, and frustrated consumers.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/start.html
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