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Socially Responsible International Intellectual Property Rights in Software and Other Digitally Distributable Material

Kai K. Kimppa, Socially Responsible International Intellectual Property Rights in Software and Other Digitally Distributable Material. In: Chris Zielinski, Penny Duquenoy, Kai K. Kimppa (Eds.), The Information Society: Emerging Landscapes, IFIP International Conference on Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability, Turku, Finland, June 27-29, 2005, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 195, 37–50, Springer, 2006.

Abstract:

In this paper relativistic ethical theories are handled in relation to intellectual property rights (IPRs). Different cultural traditions are a descriptive fact, and many such traditions—past and present—will be presented. It will be shown that the current Western versions of IPRs are offered as the only viable options in negotiations in international organisations such as the World Trade organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as well as in uni-, bi- and other multilateral negotiations by most Western countries. Free and open source software (F/OSS) and IPR systems similar to it are offered as a possibilities to respect the local traditions, although any local traditions are encouraged to be tried as options to the cultural homogenisation which the international treaties offer instead.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpKimppa06a,
  title = {Socially Responsible International Intellectual Property Rights in Software and Other Digitally Distributable Material},
  booktitle = {The Information Society: Emerging Landscapes, IFIP International Conference on Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability, Turku, Finland, June 27-29, 2005},
  author = {Kimppa, Kai K.},
  volume = {195},
  series = {IFIP International Federation for Information Processing},
  editor = {Zielinski, Chris and Duquenoy, Penny and Kimppa, Kai K.},
  publisher = {Springer},
  pages = {37–50},
  year = {2006},
  keywords = {Social responsibility, IPRs, immaterial, tolerance, relativism, F/OSS},
}

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