Access to Knowledge in Africa

The emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access, produce and share information and knowledge. Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications, journals and learning materials in general. At the heart of these challenges, and solutions to...

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description The emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access, produce and share information and knowledge. Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications, journals and learning materials in general. At the heart of these challenges, and solutions to them, is copyright, the branch of intellectual property rights that covers written and related works. This book offers an understanding of the legal and practical issues posed by copyright for access to learning materials in Africa, and identifies the relevant lessons, best policies and best practices that would broaden and deepen this access. This book is based on the work of the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) research network, launched in late 2007 as a network of researchers committed to probing the relationship between copyright and learning materials access in eight African countries: Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-299782025-07-30T16:03:06Z Access to Knowledge in Africa Armstrong, Chris De Beer, Jeremy Information Science copyright intellectual property rights access to learning materials Africa ACA2K thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNR Intellectual property law::LNRC Copyright law The emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access, produce and share information and knowledge. Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications, journals and learning materials in general. At the heart of these challenges, and solutions to them, is copyright, the branch of intellectual property rights that covers written and related works. This book offers an understanding of the legal and practical issues posed by copyright for access to learning materials in Africa, and identifies the relevant lessons, best policies and best practices that would broaden and deepen this access. This book is based on the work of the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) research network, launched in late 2007 as a network of researchers committed to probing the relationship between copyright and learning materials access in eight African countries: Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-11-06 03:00:23 2020-04-01T10:33:05Z 2010 book 1004813 OCN: 1100537133 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45643 9781552504901 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29978 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45643/1/1004813.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45643/1/1004813.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45643/1/1004813.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45643/1/1004813.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45643/1/1004813.pdf UCT Press UCT Press 9ab8d8c8-92ff-4470-a14e-e60f2c992ea5 Knowledge Unlatched 9781552504901 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books UCT Press Cape Town open access
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Access to Knowledge in Africa
title Access to Knowledge in Africa
title_full Access to Knowledge in Africa
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title_short Access to Knowledge in Africa
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topic Information Science
copyright
intellectual property rights
access to learning materials
Africa
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