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Copy, Rip, Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source
London: Pluto Press (2008), xiii, 257 pp.
Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria
Zurich: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) (2007), 168 pp.
"Underperformance of the Arabic book translation industry is attributable to (among other factors) severe coordination failures. This is a state of affairs in which the inability of the different agents (translators, book publishers, suppliers, customers, and supporting organizations, state, and so
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Bildrecherche für Film und Fotographie
Konstanz: UVK (2007), 347 pp.
"Zu einem Artikel, ob gedruckt oder online, gehört meistens ein passendes Bild, und auch ein Dokumentarfilm muss mit entsprechenden Ausschnitten ausgestattet und ergänzt werden. Wo aber finde ich diese Bilder und welches Filmarchiv hat genau die Ausschnitte in seinem Bestand, die ich für meine Do
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Von der Medienpolitik zur Media Governance?
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2007), 268 pp.
Der Schutz des geistigen Eigentums in der VR China - Status Quo und Grenzen
China Aktuell (Hamburg), volume 36, issue 3 (2007), pp. 29-60
"China's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection system is a hot topic on many international agendas. What is the current debate and what is the situation in China today? In a first step this analysis summarizes the status quo of IPR in China and current trends in the debate about it." (GIZ Li
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"The first section in this paper examines the barriers to access to learning materials faced in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), analyzing the responsibility of intellectual property legislation within the complex structure of systems that are consequential to consumers and learners. In th
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The Copy/South Dossier: Issues in the Economics, Politics, and Ideology of Copyright in the Global South
Canterbury: University of Kent Law School, CopySouth Research Group (2006), 207 pp.
"This unique dossier was assembled by the activist Copy South Research Group, a loosely-affiliated group of researchers based in a number of countries across the South and the North who seek to research the inner workings of the global copyright system and its effects on the Global South. The dossie
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Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
New York: Penguin Press (2004), xvi, 345 pp.
"Lawrence Lessig shows us that while new technologies always lead to new laws, never before have the big cultural monopolists used the fear created by new technologies, specifically the Internet, to shrink the public domain of ideas, even as the same corporations use the same technologies to control
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PICC Report on Intellectual Property Rights in the Print Industries Sector
Cape Town: Print Industries Cluster Council (2004), 205 pp.
"This report on copyright in the print industries sector was commissioned by the (South African) Department of Arts and Culture, through the Print Industries Cluster Council as part of a broader initiative to identify policy and development needs in the cultural industries. The report deals in parti
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"The important balance between access to copyrighted works and protection for authors is vital for developing countries and LDCs. Despite provisions for limitations and exceptions to the rights granted to authors/ owners of protected works, the WIPO treaties represent minimum standards from which co
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Le droit d'auteur en Afrique
Paris: L'Harmattan (2004), 178 pp.
"Un guide introductif utile sur les droits des auteurs (et ceux de l'industrie musicale) et les principaux aspects de la législation sur le droit d'auteur en Afrique. L'auteur fournit une analyse comparative des aspects théoriques et pratiques du sujet, traite de la question de la rémunération e
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The Copyright Act 2001: A New Era for Copyright Protection in Kenya
e-copyright Bulletin, issue July – September (2004), 13 pp.
"A comprehensive review of the new Kenya 2001 Copyright Act, which was passed by the Kenyan Parliament, after several rounds of consultations between the government and the different stakeholders and industry players. It came into force in February 2003 and repealed the 1966 Copyright Act. The most
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Asian Copyright Handbook
Tokyo: AsiaPacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) (2004), 87 pp.
Poor People's Knowledge: Promoting Intellectual Property in Developing Countries
Washington, DC: World Bank (2004), x, 250 pp.
Guide on Surveying the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2003), 104 pp.
"The Guide contains information and recommendations for research teams and copyright professionals embarking on the stimulating and challenging study of the contribution of the copyright-based industries to the national economy. This publication is intended as a practical tool to facilitate national
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Global Intellectual Property Rights: Knowledge, Access and Development
Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan; Oxfam (2002), xiv, 281 pp.
Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy?
New York: New Press (2002), xvii, 253 pp.
