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The current global Intellectual Property regime is designed to serve the interests of IP owners in developed countries, especially publishers and manufacturers. The Copyleft concept of the Free/Open Source Software movement repurposes that regime to protect the public interest |
The current global Intellectual Property regime is designed to serve the interests of IP owners in developed countries, especially publishers and manufacturers. The Copyleft concept of the Free/Open Source Software movement repurposes that regime to protect the public interest, and the |
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'Copycenter' concept of movements to create and share materials without restrictions support moving beyond that regime to something better suited to a culture of sharing and collaboration. |
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Given the sound and video capabilities of the OLPC laptop, we can teach communities how to preserve and share their cultural heritages. |
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Revision as of 06:58, 14 February 2007
The current global Intellectual Property regime is designed to serve the interests of IP owners in developed countries, especially publishers and manufacturers. The Copyleft concept of the Free/Open Source Software movement repurposes that regime to protect the public interest, and the 'Copycenter' concept of movements to create and share materials without restrictions support moving beyond that regime to something better suited to a culture of sharing and collaboration.
Given the sound and video capabilities of the OLPC laptop, we can teach communities how to preserve and share their cultural heritages.