Tuesday, September 04, 2007

SouthCentre paper on impact of TPMs on developing countries.

The Threat of Technological Protection Measures to a Development-Oriented
Information Society


The use of technological measures by copyright right-holders to protect works in the digital
environment, combined with new international legal obligations to protect such measures poses
a threat for developing countries. The obligations should be rejected, or narrowly crafted in national laws so as to promote access to knowledge for development.

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