Rethinking the Public Domain: A Challenge for Knowledge-Sharing Societies in the Information Age

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5634
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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Raven, Margaret
Journal:	Work in Progress
Volume:	17
Page(s):	22-23
Date:	2005
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5634
Sector:	Information & Knowledge
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Subject(s):	public domain knowledge
Abstract:	"Historically treated as the heritage of humankind, biological and genetic resources are now the subject of an ever-increasing struggle over ownership involving governments, corporations, research institutions, and indigenous and local communities. Information management and traditional knowledge-sharing practices are creating a dilemma for the concept of public domain."

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