.... © 2002, 2005 Copyright Lidija Rangelovska. All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reprodu... ...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...ndent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101. Between 1999-2002, he served as the Ec... ...raconian copyright protection measures (euphemistically known as "digital rights management"). This further alienated the few potential readers left... ...nique identifier (for instance, a unique ISBN)? Does the user possess any rights in the final product, composed and selected by him? What about the ... ...m the realm of passive, inert objects and transforms it into a catalyst of human interactions across time and space. In other words, it returns the b... ... arranged series of in-depth essays authored by the best in every field of human erudition. When the CD-ROM erupted on the scene, the Britannica ... ... information authored and released by the leading names in every field of human knowledge and endeavour. The Internet, is, in effect, an encyclopaedi...

... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily repre... ... Member Economies. The authors thank Ms. Bernadine Zhang Yuhua for her assistance in preparing this report and the Economic Committee, particularly i... ...s and contributions. Executive Summary iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY APEC Leaders in 2009 endorsed an APEC-wide improvement of 25 percent by 2015 in ... ...y’s public deed to the Official Gazette. In Indonesia, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights shortened the business start-up process by improving ... ...blic deed to the Official Gazette. In Indonesia, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights shortened the business start-up process by improving effici... ...litates lenders’ decisions to extend credit to borrowers. The Strength of Legal Rights Index, which measures the degree to which collateral and ba... ...ex, which measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders, did not show any change between 2... ...Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea, Rep.; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switz...

...APEC Leaders in 2009 endorsed an APEC-wide improvement of 25 percent by 2015 in five key areas of doing business: 1) Starting a Business; 2) Getting Credit; 3) Enforcing Contracts; 4) Trading Across Borders; and 5) Dealing with Permits, w...

...nformation, visit www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work avail... ... be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congr... ...served mockery. “Want that insignia torn off your car, Dad? Then it would be in the public domain, right?” My colleagues at Duke are one of the main i... ... at Duke are one of the main influences on my work. I am lucky enough to work in the only “Center for the Study of the Public Domain” in the academic w... ...grees with my nomenclature here—and with much else besides. Activists, civil rights lawyers, bloggers, and librarians have actually done much of the h... ... for PLoS Biology with Arti Rai, “Synthetic Biology: Caught between Property Rights, the Public Domain, and the Commons.” 2 For several years now I ha... ...s research grants and Bost Fellowships. My work on synthetic biology and the human genome was supported in part by a CEER grant from the National Huma... ... asked; “you’ve seen much worse than this.” And he had. There are patents on human genes, on auctions, on algorithms. 2 The U.S. Olympic Committee has... ...ntific re- search on the gene without the patent holder’s consent? Forbidding human reproduction? Can religions secure copyrights over their scriptures...

...ll depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent,...

... and earth science and technology Our Ownership Hawaii Business is printed in Hawai‘i by Hagadone Printing Company on post-consumer recycled paper us... ...offset by carbon credits. is part of This special edition of was produced in cooperation with the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee. PUBLISHER David ... ...waii Business at store.pacifcbasin.net To keep informed about Innovation in Hawai‘i, email innovation@hawaiibusiness.com Or visit hawaiibusiness.c... ...nd’s Nakorn Ratchasima province. Under the agreement, MAI also holds the rights to distribute Sopogy products throughout Thailand, Cambodia, Laos ... ...o • Mongolia • Montenegro • Nepal • Netherlands • New Zealand • Nigeria • Norway Pakistan • Papua New Guinea • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portuga... ...n Earth because they harvest sunlight, produce nearly half of the oxygen humans breathe, and sequester carbon dioxide. C-MORE aims to learn more a... ...le for transplant, Wuh says. The creation of an artifcial cornea made of human collagen meets an urgent demand. With Asian and Pacifc nations in m... ...an eye-surgery center where corneal blindness patients can choose either human-donor or artifcial corneas. There’s no better place to give the gif... ...tives residing within these boundaries would receive a fair share in the rights and privileges and benefts for a self-sufcient yet comfortable life...

Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

...cean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Hawai‘I Diversity Ideal for Medical Research -- 74 Perfect Place for Global Meetings -- 78 Checklist for Your Next Conference -- 82 Sustainability, Harmony Built Into Hawaiian Culture -- 86 What A...