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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Armstrong, Chris; Ford, Heather |
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Date:
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2005 |
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Agency:
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LINK Centre, Graduate School of Public & Development Management, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5864
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Sector:
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Information & Knowledge |
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Region:
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Africa |
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Subject(s):
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intellectual property rights
information commons
digital divide
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Abstract:
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"One of the goals of the Commons-sense Project is to conduct research that helps equip African activists and decision-makers with the information they need to develop cutting edge, relevant intellectual property policies and practices. We decided to begin with a map – a map that hopefully presents a broad picture of how far we’ve already come in Africa towards the goal of achieving a 'digital information
commons', as well as providing some sense of how to grow it further. We have tried to chart the international, regional and national policies, players and movements that to some extent dictate the scope of the commons in Africa, and at the same time to outline some of the creative responses from people on the ground working towards the expansion
of the commons in some way."
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