Unlocking the Global Information Fortress
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Key Speakers
Alan Story - Copyright
Emma Lockery - Tax Justice Network
Mickael Book - NIGD
Issues raised
Copyright
- It affects translation
- Performing
- Photocopying
- It has been used by the North to enrich itself and exploit the South.
- Many questions arose about the copyright/intellectual property rights vis a vis poor countries in need of learning material.
- For example what happens to the poor students who need to photocopy due to restrictive prices of books from the North
- 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.
Documentalist's Name
Fred Kachero
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