Access to Knowledge movement

[5] The proposed treaty is intended to ease the transfer of knowledge to developing nations, and to secure the viability of open innovation systems all over the world.

Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.A2K academics argue that "material interests" are not simply equivalent to current intellectual property provisions, not least because these rights are saleable and transferable, and therefore not "inalienable".

Had access to oral rehydration therapy and second-generation vaccine technologies been delayed for twenty years ... three million children would have died.

The ultimate objective of the movement is to create a world in which educational and cultural works are accessible to all, and in which consumers and creators alike participate in a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and creativity.

These issues, including copyright and patent law reform, open content licensing, and communications rights, often involve legal and technological concepts that even specialists find difficult.