| Knowledge Policy for the Twenty-First Century: A Legal Perspective Contributor(s): Perry, Mark (Editor), Fitzgerald, Brian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 155221172X ISBN-13: 9781552211724 Publisher: Irwin Law OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Law | Communications - Law | Intellectual Property - General |
| Dewey: 343.099 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 430 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The 21st century started with a bang, at least from the perspective of the widespread adoption of information technologies, and market hype for overvalued technology stock. There was a second bang shortly afterwards, when the bubble burst. We are now entering a period of greater stability for the appreciation of information technology in society, as well as sustained development, albeit in a financial environment that has become uncertain. This collection of essays addresses some of the issues that face our society in deciding how best to handle access to, and monopolies over, knowledge. It includes detailed examination of the social, political and legal implications of free and open source software. As well it looks at the future of copyright in the digital age. This book arose out of a conference held in April 2007 at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. The conference was a collaborative research exercise between the University of Western Ontario and The Queensland University of Technology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perry, Mark: - Mark Perry is Associate Dean Research, Graduate Studies and Operations at The University of Western Ontario. He is internationally renowned for his research into the interface between law and new technologies, in particular in intellectual property and software licensing. He has published in this field in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. He has addressed audiences in these and other countries, usually as an invited speaker. Recent publications, not listed below, include a new chapter on Technology Law for the reference work Butterworths' looseleaf Electronic Business Law. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Law Society of Upper Canada, a Faculty Fellow at IBM's Center for Advanced Studies, a correspondent for the Computer Law & Security Report, and a member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) and a committee member of the ACM Special Interest Group of Computers in Society. He is a reviewer for multiple granting societies and associations.Fitzgerald, Brian: - "Brian Fitzgerald is an internationally recognized scholar specializing in Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw. He holds post-graduate degrees in law from Oxford University and Harvard University and his recent publications tions include Cyberlaw: Cases and Materials on the Internet, Digital Intellectual Property and E-commerce (2002); Jurisdiction and the Internet (2004); Intellectual Property in Principle (2004), and Internet and E-commerce Law (2007). Over the past ten years, Brian has delivered seminars on Information Technology, Internet, and Intellectual Property Law in Australia, Canada, China, Brazil, New Zealand, US, Nepal, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Norway, Croatia, France, Thailand, Slovakia, and the Netherlands. Brian is a Chief Investigator and Program Leader for Law in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence on Creative Industries and Innovation and is Project Leader for the Australian government-funded Open Access to Knowledge Law Project (OAK Law) (see: www.oaklaw.qut. edu.au) and Legal Framework for e-Research Project. He is also a Program Leader for the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information. His current projects include work on intellectual property issues across the areas of copyright, digital content and the Internet, copyright and the creative industries in China, open content licensing and the Creative Commons, Free/Libre Open Source Software, research use of patents, patent transparency, science commons, e-research, licensing of digital entertainment, and anti-circumvention law. From 1998-2002 Brian was Head of the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia, and from January 2002 - January 2007 he was Head of the School of Law at QUT in Brisbane. He is currently a specialist Research Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation at QUT. He is also a Barrister of the High Court of Australia." |