书目名称 | The Right to Research in Africa |
副标题 | Exploring the Copyri |
编辑 | Desmond Oriakhogba |
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概述 | Formulates a human right to research in the African context.Adopts an innovative and comparative approach spanning various African countries.Addresses an emerging area of the law |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Law |
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描述 | This book formulates a human right to research in Africa based on an in-depth examination of the available international and regional human rights instruments as well as those relevant to the national contexts of African countries. The imbalances in the African copyright ecosystem regarding access to information for research and education became painfully apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. African libraries and knowledge curators found themselves ill-equipped to perform their role of enabling access to information. As teaching, learning and research are increasingly done on digital platforms, learners and researchers continue to grapple with the challenges of accessing materials owing largely to the protection of these resources under copyright law. Access to information, which is needed in order to exercise the right to science and culture, faces a significant challenge posed by the exercising of exclusive rights by copyright owners without a legal mechanism that properly balances copyright from a human rights perspective..To achieve such a balance, there is an urgent need to revise the African copyright system from the perspective of human rights law. Can it be done by establ |
出版日期 | Book 2023 |
关键词 | Right to Research; Africa; International Human Right; Copyright; Bill of Rights; Public Interest; User Rig |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33282-1 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-33281-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-33282-1Series ISSN 2192-855X Series E-ISSN 2192-8568 |
issn_series | 2192-855X |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |