@article{48876,
      recid = {48876},
      author = {Taubman, Antony,},
      title = {Saving the Village : Conserving Jurisprudential Diversity  in the International Protection of Traditional Knowledge.},
      pages = {1 online resource (Chapter 19, pp. 521 - 564) :},
      abstract = {In early ecclesiastical law, “tradition” was the crime of  handing over sacred texts and information about the  community to persecutors; indeed the word “tradition”  shares its roots with “traitor” and “betrayal,” which  invokes the concept that “handing over” or “passing on” of  knowledge need not be benign, but may be injurious, even  perfidious. “Tradition” does more positively connote  customs, laws, practices and beliefs that are passed down  within a community. However, the two-edged nature of the  word recalls that some forms of transmitting traditional  knowledge (TK) and making it available to the public can be  seen as a betrayal or a violation of customary laws, which  causes offence or gravely damages a community. Jefferson's  characterization of knowledge, establishing it as the  iconic non-rivalrous public good – “he who receives an idea  from me … as he who lights a taper at mine, receives light  without darkening me” – may not convince those communities  who fear that careless acts by others to gain illumination  from TK may in fact diminish, or extinguish, the original  flame, and darken their communities' future.  Many local  and indigenous communities are concerned that growing  global interest in their TK and traditional cultural  expressions is not matched by respect for the customs, laws  and beliefs that identify and sustain their communities and  that shape the very heritage that appeals to external  consumers.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/48876},
}