ERIC Number: EJ404330
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Publication Date: 1989
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Ownership of Traditional Information: Moral and Legal Obligations to Compensate for Taking.
McNeil, Richard J.; McNeil, Michael J.
Northeast Indian Quarterly, v6 n3 p30-35 Fall 1989
Argues that "indigenous" people transferring cultural information to other, more "developed" people should have legal protection from unfair transactions. Presents ethical and legal bases for such protection. Examples involve the knowledge of rain-forest tribes that has been used to produce valuable pharmaceutical products from tropical plants. Contains 26 references. (SV)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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