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GENERAL PROGRAM
Grants Authorized 2005
This initiative is designed to address the system of copyright, patent, and trademark in light of technological change. Grants support policy analysis, development of new models, and education designed to balance the needs of the public with appropriate incentives to creators in the digital era.
American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy, Washington, D.C.
$630,000 in support of a project on the implications of digital copyright for libraries and their patrons (over three years).
American University, School of Communication, Washington, D.C.
$100,000 in support of a project to document and disseminate a collection of best practices that would help guide the use of copyrighted materials in new documentary film productions.
Center for International Environmental Law–U.S., Washington, D.C.
$85,000 in support of a feasibility study and a pilot workshop that would inform the development of a program to enhance the participation of developing countries in bilateral intellectual property negotiations.
Creative Commons, San Francisco, California
$750,000 to create and disseminate new approaches to intellectual property protection under existing copyright law (over three years).
Essential Information, Washington, D.C.
$600,000 in support of the Consumer Project on Technology’s work on international intellectual property policies (over three years).
Eyebeam, New York, New York
$300,000 in support of a research and development lab, which develops new technologies and media projects intended for the public domain (over two years).
Future of Music Coalition, Washington, D.C.
$75,000 in support of a study of the music sample licensing process.
Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts
$750,000 to explore and understand the development of cyberspace and to create new models in intellectual property (over three years).
Intellectual Property Watch, Geneva, Switzerland
$300,000 in support of an independent news service that reports on the processes of intellectual property policymaking at the international level and in support of long-term planning efforts (over three years).
University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois
$70,000 in support of a conference on open source publishing.
Yale University, School of Law, New Haven, Connecticut
$65,000 in support of the Access to Knowledge conference.
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Copyright 2006