The Fundação Getulio Vargas and the Yale Internet and Society Project have just released a remarkable first, the publication of Access to Knowledge in Brazil an open licensed book on access to knowledge in Brazil. The book examines open business, exceptions and limitations to copyright in Brazil, how to promote innovation in biotechnology in Brazil, and access to medicines.
The book was released today, Open Access day. The book can be ordered through Lulu, or downloaded free, for non commercial use. (It is under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License)
Since the release today I have only had a chance to glance at it. I’ve had the privelige of working with both the centers at FGV, and Yale ISP, and I know that they produce cutting edge work, so I am looking forward to read it. Because its available online I’ll be able to do that sooner rather than the later or never, later if I could only obtain it on an infrequent journey to the USA or never if I were wait for the book to become available from a publisher in South Africa.
