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The British LibraryThe British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is one of the world's largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books...
International Development Law OrganizationIDLO is an international intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting the rule of law and good governance in developing countries, countries in economic transition and in those emerging from armed conflict.
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Organization of American StatesThe Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and th...
South Asian Association for Regional CooperationThe South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally adopted on December 8, 1985 by the Heads of State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pa...
World Customs OrganizationThe World Customs Organization (WCO) is the only intergovernmental organization exclusively focused on Customs matters. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is now recognized as the voice of the global Customs communit...
World Intellectual Property OrganizationThe World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards cr...
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IFJ Calls on Writers to Demand Their Rights from Google2009-10-30
International Federation of Journalists
the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on all journalists who have had their books scanned by Google through its Google Book Search to claim their rights to payment.
Science and Innovation for a Better World: Media Piracy in Emerging Economies 2011-06-01
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
In a panel discussion at IDRC on June 3, three internationally renowned experts will discuss the implications of media piracy for the global economy. Media Piracy in Emerging Economies editor Joe Kar...
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Criticism of Intellectual PropertySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Criticism of PatentsSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Facebook forces Instagram users to allow it to sell their uploaded photosArthur, Charles
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Guardian
Move means pictures could be used in advertising, with all payments going to social media giant.
Gimme the Loot Mueller, Gavin
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2012
Jacobin Magazine
Once the heroes of nations, pirates went from being state-sponsored champions to tolerated annoyances to the basest sort of criminals. Henry Morgan was knighted after plundering Panama in 1674; fifty ...
IFJ Calls on Writers to Demand Their Rights from GoogleSources News Release
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International Federation of Journalists
the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on all journalists who have had their books scanned by Google through its Google Book Search to claim their rights to payment.
Indigenous Intellectual PropertySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Industrial Design RightSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Intangible PropertySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Describes something which a person or corporation can have ownership of and can transfer ownership of to another person or corporation, but has no physical substance. It generally refers to statutory ...
Intellectual CapitalSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Intellectual PropertySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage projectSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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An international research initiative to explore and facilitate fair and equitable exchanges of knowledge relating to archaeology.
Intellectual Property ValuationSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Intellectual RightsSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Intellectual rights (from the French "droits intellectuels") is a term sometimes used to refer to the legal protection afforded to owners of intellectual capital.
Intellectual Rights to Magic MethodsSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Refers to the legal and ethical debate about the extent to which proprietary or exclusive rights may subsist in the methods or processes by which magic tricks or illusions are performed.
Open ContentSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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PatentSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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A set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention.
Permissive Free Software LicenceSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Public DomainSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Related RightsSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Resell RightsSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Scams in Intellectual PropertySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Service MarkSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Share-alikeSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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A descriptive term used in the Creative Commons project for copyright licenses which include certain copyleft provisions.
Sweat of the BrowSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Trade SecretSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Traditional KnowledgeSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Utility ModelSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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We Goofed! (or the game's afoot)Zwicker, Barrie
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The Cultural Industries in CanadaProblems, Policies and Prospects
Dorland, Michael (ed.)
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1996
Dorland discusses policy problems specific to the Canadian cultural industries that produce cultural commodities, such as books, films and television programs.
Government Ministries & Agencies
Canadian Intellectual Property OfficeAdministers Canada's intellectual property systems (patents, trade-marks, copyrights, industrial des...
Copyright Board CanadaEconomic regulatory body empowered to establish, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted...
Industry CanadaIndustry Canada's mission is to foster a growing, competitive, and innovative knowledge-based Canadi...
National Research Council of CanadaCanada's premier organization for research and development.
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