The copy/south dossier : issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global south

Story, Alan and Darch, Colin and Halbert, Debora and Mannan, Adam and Ngenda, Akalemwa and Busaniche, Beatriz and Nicholson, Denise and Heinz, Federico and De Beer, Jennifer A. and Mugambi, Norah and Smiers, Joost and Torres-Reyes, José Antonio and Triana Cordoví, Juan Publio and Liang, Lawrence and Stephan, Maud and Verzola, Roberto and Lemos, Ronaldo and Jha, Shishir Kumar and Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín and Pereira de Souza, Carlos Affonso and Ndiaye, Papa Toumané and Yar, Majid and Hackett, Teresa (2006) The copy/south dossier : issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global south. Story, Alan and Darch, Colin and Halbert, Debora, Eds. Copy/South Research Group.

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Abstract

The aim of the dossier is to open up debate on the real impact of copyright laws affecting the people of the more than 150 developing countries in the Global South, many of whom have never read a book, have no access to the Internet and are facing an indeterminate future. The dossier highlights issues that are not only unique to the Global South, but also focuses on those issues that affect both sides of the North - South divide. This dossier is addressed to the general public, researchers, educators, librarians, activists, and organizations concerned about access to knowledge who want to learn more about the global role of copyright and, in particular, copyright's largely negative role in developing countries of the global South. In more than 50 articles totalling 215 pages, we, in the Copy/South Research Group, who have researched and debated these issues over the past 12 months, have tried to critically analyse and assess a wide range of copyright-related issues that impact on the daily lives (and future lives) of those who live in the global South.

Keywords:	Intellectual Property; Copyright; WIPO; Global South; Resistance to copyright; Anti-copyright activism
Subjects:	E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft. B. Information use and sociology of information.
ID Code:	6278
Deposited By:	Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín
Deposited On:	19 July 2007
Alternative Locations:	http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/copysouth/documents/CSdossier.pdf
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