Issue Brief for Concerns Regarding Traditional Cultural Expression, July 22, 2009
The Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore is another focal point of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The IGC is charged with studying the policy positions of legal management and protection of certain cultural works created by indigenous communities. Should copyright law (or something like it) be used to protect these works? How does this policy discussion affect libraries, museums and archives? Learn more by reading Janice Pilch’s detailed summary.
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