Content Control: Patents Threaten Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous People
27 07 2009By Stephen Leahy*
VIENNA, Jul 6 (Tierramérica)
Indigenous peoples risk losing control over their traditional knowledge if the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) insists on strict standards for managing access to information.
Patents and other forms of restricting access to knowledge are very worrisome in a time of climate change, says a new report by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
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