from "Essay Contests in Fray Involving
Intellectual Property
By Amy Harmon , September 10, 2001, The New York Times
"In March, W.I.P.O., (The World Intellectual Property Organization)whose
chief goal is to see that the patents, copyrights and trademarks
of its 177 member nations are respected worldwide, announced that
it would award 1,000 Swiss francs ($600) to the essay that best
addressed the question, "What does intellectual property mean
to you in your daily life?"
Last week , a newly formed group of academics, artists and advocates
calling itself "Wipout" countered with the announcement
of an "intellectual property counter-essay contest." Wipout
is soliciting submissions on the same question — a copyright
lawsuit waiting to happen? — but encourages "more critical
responses," according to its Web site.
Wipout has an eclectic list of about 50 endorsers that includes
Noam Chomsky, a linguistics professor at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and the Treatment Action Campaign, the South African
group that spearheaded the fight against the enforcement of patents
on AIDS drugs there. "
WIPOUT, commisioned to the Electronic Orphanage, the design of
their poster.
The poster has been realized, on an idea of Miltos Manetas and
design by Mike Calvert.
copyright free
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