Unlocking the Global Information Fortress

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*Photocopying
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*It has been used by the North to enrich itself and exploit the South.
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Taxation Profits are registered in a tax haven country e.g Ireland by using resources from other countries.
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*Many questions arose about the copyright/intellectual property rights vis a vis poor countries in need of learning material.
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*For example what happens to the poor students who need to photocopy due to restrictive prices of books from the North
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*Taxation Profits are registered in a tax haven country e.g Ireland by using resources from other countries.
''Much of this discussion wasn't clear due to a lot of noise emanating from surrounding activities leading to many of us moving to a private discussion with Mr. Story after the event about his views on the topic.''
''Much of this discussion wasn't clear due to a lot of noise emanating from surrounding activities leading to many of us moving to a private discussion with Mr. Story after the event about his views on the topic.''
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'''Recommendations'''
 
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*Many questions arose about the copyright/intellectual property rights vis a vis poor countries in need of learning material.
 
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*For example what happens to the poor students who need to photocopy due to restrictive prices of books from the North
 
'''Documentalist's Name'''
'''Documentalist's Name'''

Revision as of 15:15, 4 December 2007

The social forum goes to the Library, innovations in civic participation

Key Speaker

Alan Story - Copyright

Emma Lockery - Tax Justice Network

Mickael Book - NIGD

Issues raised

Copyright

Much of this discussion wasn't clear due to a lot of noise emanating from surrounding activities leading to many of us moving to a private discussion with Mr. Story after the event about his views on the topic.

Documentalist's Name

Fred Kachero

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