Knowledge Policy for the Twenty-First Century
A Legal Perspective
- Publisher
- Irwin Law Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2011
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552211724
- Publish Date
- Dec 2011
- List Price
- $85.00
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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.
About the authors
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.