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The A2K term is also used in academic discourse and literature. Bloomsbury Academic have produced a series on issues in Brazil, [1] Egypt [2] and India; [3] while UCT Press have published an overview of the issues in Africa. [4] An academic overview of the issues can be found in 'Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property ...
James Packard Love (born 1950) is the director of Knowledge Ecology International, formerly known as the Consumer Project on Technology, a non-governmental organization with offices in Washington, D.C., and Geneva, that works mainly on matters concerning knowledge management and governance, including intellectual property policy and practice and innovation policy, particularly as they relate ...
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) is a non-governmental organization. It was founded by Ralph Nader in 1995 and was then called Consumer Project on Technology. It deals with issues related to the effects of intellectual property on public health , cyberlaw and e-commerce , and competition policy .
Democratization of technology refers to the process by which access to technology rapidly extends to an ever-broader audience, especially from a select group of people to the average public. New technologies and improved user experiences have empowered those outside of the technical industry to access and use technological products and services.
A number of civil society bodies have been working on a draft Access to Knowledge (A2K) [30] treaty which they would like to see introduced. In 2009, WIPO started drafting future treaties on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore in relation with indigenous peoples and local communities .
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The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities is an international statement on open access and access to knowledge. It emerged from a conference on open access hosted in the Harnack House in Berlin by the Max Planck Society in 2003.
The Wikimedia Foundation has identified knowledge equity as a key element toward its strategic direction for an ecosystem of open and inclusive knowledge, [5] [6] where everybody has the access to create and consume knowledge. [7] This has been connected with education as a social strategy for expanding knowledge equity. [7]