Supply of Knowledge as a Public Good: A WTO Agreement Proposed
2011-09-22 19:42 -James Love, Director of Knowledge Ecology International, started a session in WTO public forum by noting that global public goods are generally undersupplied because of sovereignty and free-rider issues, and that this is especially so in the case of knowledge. Although the private sector has been active in supplying knowledge in some cases, such as Wikipedia and Creative Commons, this effort is insufficient. He suggested that such an agreement under the WTO could operate with standardized and sui generis offers, depending on the area concerned.