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| Welcome to the Online Forum on Intellectual Property in the Information Society, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from June 1 to 15, 2005. The live discussion has now concluded and the Report of the Online Forum is available (Adobe PDF / MS-Word). Thank you to all those who participated. The WIPO Online Forum was open to all interested persons and designed to enable and encourage an open debate on issues related to intellectual property in the information society, and in furtherance of the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The conclusions of the Online Forum form part of WIPO's contribution to WSIS. | The 10 themes for discussion, and comments received, are listed below - please scroll down to select a theme, read commentary about the issue and browse background resources and discussions. WIPO did not moderate the Forum although, according to the instructions given, three obscene or abusive comments were removed and any comments duplicated by user error were deleted. For further information, please send any enquiries to ecommerce@wipo.int. | ||||||
 Theme 1:The WSIS Declaration of Principles sets out a vision for the information society how can the intellectual property system support this vision? | Theme 2: The intellectual property system and freedom of expression and creativity: Help or hindrance? | Theme 3: The public domain and open access models of information creation: at odds with the intellectual property system or enabled by it? |
| Theme 4: What is the impact of copyright law, both at international and national levels, on education and research? | Theme 5: What are the rights and responsibilities of intellectual property rightsholders? | Theme 6: Global partnerships to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: what role for intellectual property? |
| Theme 7: How is intellectual property policy made for the information society: and who makes it? | Theme 8: How can cultural and intellectual diversity of traditional communities be respected in the information society? | Theme 9: Emerging business models for distributing intellectual property online: opportunity or threat? |
| Theme 10: What are the challenges for enforcement of intellectual property rights in the digital environment? |
