Abstract
The aim of this article is to show the connection between open access to scientific knowledge and knowledge feudalism. The main idea is that free circulating and socially significant knowledge is removed from the scientific turnover and commercialization and then introduced again into the open trade turnover in the TRIPS, what makes the position of knowledge feudalism more strong.
Keywords
- open access
- scientific knowledge
- knowledge feudalism
- transnational companies
- TRIPS
- neo-liberal project
- globalization
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