CLaM stands for Collaborative Law Making. The CLaM Initiative attempts to engineer a shift from "representative" to "direct" democracy by enhancing public participation in the framing of laws. It builds on the "collaborative" and "open" approach popularised by "open source" software and other initiatives such as Wikipedia. To this end, it seeks to build an online model of collaborative participation to help with the framing of laws/policies.

A core team would initially administer and manage this platform. This team will identify areas in the current IP regime that require change. This change could be “fundamental” i.e. at the broad level of reconceptualising the current regime, questioning the assumptions on which it is based, and/or overhauling it in favour of another regime.At first, it will focus on intellectual property laws/policies pertinent to India. After a while, we hope to scale up the project to encompass the entire gamut of laws/policies

The proposed change is then articulated in the form of a proposal, giving as many details (including references and reading) as possible. This initial proposal is then thrown open for public comments and participation

WHEN CAN WE JOIN CLaM?

Anytime. Please click here and unleash the potential of web 2.0 to determine the fate of laws in your country.