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INTRODUCTION
What Is Intellectual Property?
I. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Why Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Matters
A Short Guide to International IPR Treaties
Intellectual Property Training and Technical Assistance Programs
Jordan Benefits From Intellectual Property Reforms
A Message From Jackie Chan: "Fakes Cost More"
Taking Action: How Countries Are Fighting IPR Crime
The U.S. Approach: Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, and Folklore
II. LAWS IN EVOLUTION
The Challenge of Copyright in the Digital Age
What Is "Fair Use"?
The Importance of the Public Domain
Roundtable: Enforcement, a Priority for All Countries
New Tools for Fighting Optical Disc Piracy
III. ISSUES BY INDUSTRY
A Trade Association at Work
Intellectual Property Rights and the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Cost of Developing a New Drug
Malaria: Partnering to Find a Cure
Protecting Trademarks on the Internet
IV. SOURCES
Glossary of IP Terms
Sources of Information on IP
Additional Readings on IP
Kids' Corner: Educational Materials for Children and Young Adults
 

(Posted January 2006)
 
KIDS' CORNER:
Educational Materials for Children
and Young Adults

Cybercitizenship.org: Just for Kids
http://www.cybercitizenship.org/index.html
http://www.cybercitizenship.org/4kids/4kids.html
The Cybercitizen Partnership Awareness Campaign offers approaches for teaching children about cyber ethics, cyber crime information, and links to adult and youth resources.

Cyberethics for Kids
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm
U.S. Department of Justice offers teachers a lesson plan outline and exercises for K-8.

CyberPilot's License
http://etec.hawaii.edu/cpl/home.html
The CyberPilot's License is dedicated to the study of web ethics and the development of healthy on-line learning environments. Students, teachers, parents, and policymakers are welcome to join the discussion forums, examine on-line resources, and help create an archive of educational materials.

CyberSpacers
http://www.cyberspacers.com/
This site provides activities for kids: the CyberSpacers' oath; join the Super Cyber Team; and learn about cyber crime through on-line quizzes, comics, games and contests.

FA©E
http://www.copyrightkids.org
Friends of Active Copyright Education (FAE) is a new initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., designed to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright education. A FAE subcommittee developed the copyrightkids.org web site to teach school-age children the basics of copyright law.

Learn From the Past, Create the Future: Inventions and Patents
http://wipo.int/freepublications/en/patents/925/wipo_pub_925.pdf
This new on-line publication on intellectual property is the first of a new series of free offerings by WIPO aimed at schoolchildren (ages 8-14) as the creators of the future.

MENC/ASCAP Foundation
http://www.musicunited.org/10_education.html
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, with support from the ASCAP Foundation, has developed a school curriculum that teaches students at all levels about the creative community and copyright. The program is offered not only by grade level but also by teacher's class subject specialty, i.e. History, Government Affairs, English, etc.

Netmonkey
http://www.netmonkey.info/
Convicted copyright pirate Mike Nguyen has created a site to educate young people about the risks of on-line piracy. This site contains a downloadable copy of "Net Monkey Weekly," an entertaining and informative newsletter directed at children, which addresses the ills of piracy.

Parade Classroom
http://www.paradeclassroom.com/tg_folders/2003/1026/1026_info.html
Parade Classroom, a web site for professional educators, offers a Teacher's Guide titled "The Music Swapping Crackdown." The guide encourages students to research the issue and decide what's right and wrong.

Play It Cybersafe
http://www.playitcybersafe.com/
This web site provides children, parents, and teachers the opportunity to prevent cyber crime through knowledge of the law, knowledge of their rights, and the ability to avoid misuse on the Internet. The Business Software Alliance and the Hamilton Fish Institute at the George Washington University created this site. It is a Cyber Crime and Intellectual Property Theft Prevention and Education Project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice to educate the public on cyber crime and intellectual property theft.

Pro Music
http://www.pro-music.org/
Pro Music is an international web site that supports legitimate on-line services. It provides information about copyright laws and presents artists speaking out against piracy.

What's The Download?
http://www.whatsthedownload.com/
A comprehensive public education campaign created by the Recording Academy that strives to empower consumers to make informed ethical and legal decisions when getting their music through digital technology, while understanding the part they play in the future of music.


The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources from other agencies and organizations listed above, in "Sources of Information on Intellectual Property," and in "Additional Readings on Intellectual Property." All Internet links were active as of Fall 2005.

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