A CRITICAL GUIDE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Edited by Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers
A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property was first published in 2017 by Zed Books Ltd, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR, UK.
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CONTENTS
Earlier versions of Running Through the Jungle, My Introduction to Intellectual Property, and The Political Economy of Intellectual Property, first appeared in Socialism and Democracy , #64 (Volume 28, no. 1) March, 2014. See http://sdonline.org/back-issues/#64.
A2K | Access to Knowledge |
A2M | Access to Medicines |
A&R | Artist and Repertoire |
ABS | Access and Benefit Sharing |
ACTA | Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement |
ANC | African National Congress |
ASCAP | American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers |
ASKJustice | African Scholars for Knowledge Justice |
AYUSH | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (India) |
BABS | Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing |
BIRPI | United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property |
BMI | Broadcast Music Inc. |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CFAA | Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (1986) |
CIPO | Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
CISAC | International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies |
CISPA | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act |
CSIR | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India) |
DEA | Department of Environment Affairs (South Africa) |
DMCA | Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
DRM | Digital Rights Management |
EFF | Electronic Frontiers Foundation |
EOP | Executive Office of the President |
FFF | Fight for the Future |
FOSS | Free and Open Source Software |
FOSSFA | Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa |
FSF | Free Software Foundation |
FWF | FairWild Foundation |
FWS | FairWild Standard |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GI | Geographical Indication |
GIK | Ghanaian Indigenous Knowledge |
GLAM | Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums |
GPL | General Public License |
GRs | Genetic Resources |
ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
IDLO | International Development Law Organization |
IEK | Indigenous Ecological Knowledge |
IFPI | International Federation of Phonographic Industries |
IGC | Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (WIPO) |
IK | Indigenous Knowledge (local or traditional) |
INDECOPI | National Institute for the Defence of Free Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Peru) |
IP | Intellectual Property |
IPRs | Intellectual Property Rights |
ISPs | Internet Service Providers |
JSTOR | Journal Storage |
JTB | Justified True Belief |
KBD | Kaapse Bossiedokters (Cape Bush Doctors South Africa) |
LDC | Least Developed Countries |
MAPs | Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
MDGs | Millennium Development Goals (United Nations) |
MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MNCs | Multinational Corporations |
MPAA | Motion Picture Association of America |
NBA | National Biodiversity Authority (India) |
NCAB | National Commission against Biopiracy (Peru) |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
NHP | Natural Health Product |
OA | Open Access |
OER | Open Educational Resources |
OPL | Open Content License |
OSI | Open Source Initiative |
PACs | Political Action Committees |
PACER | Public Access to Court Electronic Records |
PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty (WIPO) |
PDO | Protected Designation of Origin |
PIPA | Protect Intellectual Property Act |
PPI | Pirate Parties International |
PRS | Performing Rights Society (PRS for Music) |
RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |
ROARMAP | Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies |
RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
SASA | South African Schools Act |