Learning resources are often considered key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world. However, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing their digital learning resources over the Internet, openly and for free, as Open Educational Resources (OER). This study, building on previous OECD work on e-learning, asks why this is happening, who is involved and what... more

Many of the restrictions on access to knowledge in Africa, but particularly in the Southern Africa Region, revolve around restrictive copyright practices and regulations, a lack of access to Internet-based technologies, out-dated paradigms for knowledge collection and dissemination, and the lack of creative and effective government supported enabling environments within higher education to... more

To present copyright as simply as possible this book breaks the topic into 12 chapters. The first chapter explains how modern copyright began and why countries agreed on international copyright protection. Chapter Two describes the international agreements that apply to copyright and the organisations that administer them. Chapters 3-7 look at how countries have implemented international... more

The aim of these two studies is to bring greater clarity and intelligibility to the discussions on IPRs enforcement by improving the understanding of the issues at hand and their implications. The firs study is entitled "Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights: An Economic Perspective" by Carsten Fink. The second study by Carlos M Correa is entitled "The Push for Stronger Enforcement Rules:... more