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Freedom of Information Act in Nigeria: Report of a National Seminar on Freedom of Information Act in Nigeria

Media for Democracy Project in Nigeria (2000), 40 pp.

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A Quick Guide to Laws and Practices That Inhibit Freedom of Expression in Botswana

Tachilisa Balule, Bugalo Maripe

Gaborone: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 62 pp.

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Media Law

Sallie Spilsbury

London; Sydney: Cavendish Publishing (2000), xxxviii, 570 pp.

"The aim of this book is to analyse media law in relation to specific areas,both in terms of its practical application and its theoretical framework. Part 1 concentrates on the regulation of media content and is largely written from a pro media point of view. Its central tenet is how far does the En ... more

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National Media Policy

Republic of Ghana National Media Commission

Accra: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2000), ix, 59 pp.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development

Carlos A. Primo Braga, Carsten Fink, Claudia Paz Sepulveda

Washington, DC: World Bank (2000), ix, 57 pp.

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The Law and the Media in Ghana

Kwame Karikari, Kofi Kumado (eds.)

Legon: University of Ghana, School of Communication Studies (2000), 220 pp.

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Renforcer des instances de régulation par le travail en réseau: Les actions du Gret en appui aux instances africaines de régulation des médias

Serge Allou

Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (1999), 16 pp.

"Dans des paysages institutionnels en mutation, la régulation des relations entre acteurs constitue un enjeu majeur. En Afrique, la création d’instances nationales de régulation en réponse à la multiplication de nouveaux médias l’illustre bien. Dans quelles conditions un arbitrage légitim ... more

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Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
Deep Insights

Delia Lipszyc

Paris: UNESCO (1999), 918 pp.

"This work is not just another monograph on copyright and neighbouring rights. It represents a fundamental contribution to study of this discipline made, in response to UNESCO’s request, by the eminent specialist on the subject, Professor Delia Lipszyc [...] UNESCO’s programme for the promotion ... of teaching of copyright and neighbouring rights has sought to devise appropriate draft syllabuses, while encouraging the establishment of professorships for the study of this discipline in universities. In collaboration with eminent experts in each region, the proposed syllabuses have already been brought into line with the legal contexts of Latin America, French-speaking Africa, the Arab States, the Asian and Pacific region, English-speaking Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The updated version of this work, the Spanish original of which was published in 1993, is an additional contribution to this endeavour. It responds to the deeply felt concern of universities to see the teaching programmes adopted by them supported by a work which covers the subject in its every aspect, its basis being statute law throughout the world and the experience of its application. Professor Lipszyc’s work represents a remarkable contribution in this respect. It gives the teaching of copyright and neighbouring rights a greater operational dimension in a universal context. Set out as a university manual, it presents, with its clear and searching approach, the many and varied aspects of this important legal discipline as reflected in the different laws throughout the world, the relevant international conventions and current international thinking on the subject, in the light of technological progress in the methods of creation, production and dissemination of works of the mind. It offers appropriate clarification of legal concepts hitherto the province of specialists, and makes them more readily understood. This work is, in short, a precious resource with which students and specialists in copyright and neighbouring rights can be provided, and an invaluable tool in aiding the various parties involved in cultural activity to organize their professional relationships on a sound and equitable basis." (Preface) more

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Media Regulations for the New Times

Venkat Iyer (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (1999), x, 167 pp.

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Globalisierung der Medien? Medienpolitik in der Informationsgesellschaft

Patrick Donges, Otfried Jarren, Heribert Schatz (eds.)

Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag (1999), 252 pp.

"Die Begriffe Globalisierung und Informationsgesellschaft repräsentieren zwei kontroverse sozialwissenschaftliche Konzepte. Als Synonyme für Moderne und Zukunft in den Medien heftig diskutiert, mangelt es im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs gerade für den Fall der Informationsgesellschaft an einer exak ... more

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