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7 - A Publisher Perspective on a Public–Private Partnership for Access to Biomedical Information

from Part II - Education, ICT, and Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2018

Margaret Chon
Affiliation:
Seattle University School of Law
Pedro Roffe
Affiliation:
International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development
Ahmed Abdel-Latif
Affiliation:
International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi
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This chapter looks at public-private partnerships and how copyright licensing agreements can support access to knowledge. It describes the publisher-United Nations agency partnerships that have been developed under the “Research 4 Life” umbrella, their history and successes.
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