Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property

This book from Zone Books charts the rise of the access to knowledge (A2K) movement and features 32 essays on A2K. It maps the terrain of legal, cultural, and technical issues that activists and thinkers aligned to the movement negotiate.

Produced with the support of the Open Society Information Program, the book aims to make accessible a diverse range of subject matter, including: access to medicines and agricultural biotechnology; software patents; food security; the public domain; remix culture (a culture which allows and encourages derivative works); free expression; and semiotic democracy (any re-working of cultural imagery by someone who is not the original author - Wikipedia). An electronic copy of the book has been made available for free download under a Creative Commons license. Translations can be made, but contact Zone Books to inquire about licensing them.

The contents include:

• Introduction
  
• The Emergence of the Politics of A2K
  
• The Conceptual Terrain of A2K
  
• Strategies and Tactics of A2K
  
• A2K in the Future: Visions and Scenarios