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Intellectual Property Rights Overview
The W3C's take on intellectual property rights in the Information Age.
www.w3.org/

National IP Rights Center, LLP - IP Toolbar
Links, articles, and content on a wide range of intellectual property subjects.
www.iptoolbar.com/

Intellectual Property and Community Rights
Authoritative introduction to these issues by Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) with links to key documents on patents, PVP, WTO/TRIPs and corporate control of agricultural biodiversity.
www.grain.org/

Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
UK Government IPR Commission's website containing background, papers, conference reports and UK government response. Commission's Report: "Integrating IPRs and Development Policy" available in many languages.
www.iprcommission.org/

Vienna University - Intellectual Property Rights for the Rich and the Poor?
Summarizes and discusses the impact of the introduction of IPRs protection on developing and least developed countries in accordance with the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement.
www.wu-wien.ac.at/

Intellectual Property Rights - Training Database
Maintained by agencies of the United States Government and industry associations who claim to provide training and technical assistance relating to protecting IPR.
www.training.ipr.gov/

Small-scale Producers' Intellectual Rights to Agricultural Biodiversity
Introduction to the issues in a Kenyan context, with an emphasis on farmers, pastoralists and fisherfolk, and the need for protocols on intellectual property. Includes Via Campesina's statement on Farmers' Rights.
www.ukabc.org/

Salon: No free speech for animal rights Web sites
A British medical research firm hammers its online opponents, courtesy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Katharine Mieszkowski.
www.salon.com/

Boycott-Riaa.com
Organization rebutting arguments of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and writing critiques of the industry lobbyists' attempts to control music sharing and copying. With background information, news, essays, and links.
www.boycott-riaa.com/

BZ rights & Permissions, Inc.
Services to clear the rights to use copyrighted works, and the names and likenesses of celebrities and public figures. Based in the United States.
www.bzrights.com/