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Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance

Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance

11 Mar, 2024

PIJIP’s project on Copyright and the Right to Research organized a group of leading copyright academics, stakeholders, and computational researchers for a policy retreat in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, February 23-25, 2024. The subject of the meeting was enabling African and other Global South uses of digital research tools without promoting “data colonialism” concerns, including wrongful uses of traditional knowledge and community-held information. 

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Tracie Siddiqui Recently Spoke at the UMD Law Mid-Atlantic Clinical Conference

Tracie Siddiqui Recently Spoke at the UMD Law Mid-Atlantic Clinical Conference

29 Feb, 2024

Tracie Siddiqui, Practitioner-in-Residence in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, spoke on a panel at the Mid-Atlantic Clinical Conference hosted at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law this past Saturday, February 24.

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This Month the Arcadia Project Hosted an Academic Retreat in South Africa

This Month the Arcadia Project Hosted an Academic Retreat in South Africa

27 Feb, 2024

PIJIP’s Arcadia project on the Right to Research hosted an academic retreat in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, February 23-25, 2024. The meeting gathered leading African experts and scholars on copyright law and computer science to discuss policy principles and a research agenda on enabling African and other Global South uses of digital research tools without promoting “data colonialism” concerns.

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PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andrés Izquierdo Invited to Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andrés Izquierdo Invited to Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

19 Feb, 2024

PIJIP’s Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo was invited to an informative session on artificial intelligence (AI) at Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Andrés Izquierdo Recently Conducted Training at the Copyright Office of Panama

Andrés Izquierdo Recently Conducted Training at the Copyright Office of Panama

13 Feb, 2024

PIJIP’s Senior Research Analyst Andrés Izquierdo, in collaboration with Beatriz Busaniche and Luca Shiru, conducted a training session on the right to research, text and data mining, and artificial intelligence at the Copyright Office of Panama.

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