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[Kylie Pappalardo and Karnika Bansal] Australian creators struggle to understand copyright law and how to manage it for their own projects. Indeed, a new study has found copyright law can act as a deterrent to creation, rather than an incentive for it. Interviews with 29 Australian creators, including documentary filmmakers, writers, musicians and visual artists, sought to understand how they
[Re:Create] Over the span of just two decades, the internet has unlocked the gates to the new creative economy, empowering nearly 15 million Americans to create their own content and earn billions of dollars in revenues from posting online. Internet platforms like Amazon Publishing, Instagram, Etsy and YouTube have been driving forces behind the growth and expansion of the dynamic,
[Jesse Reynolds, Jorge Contreras and Joshua Sarnoff] Abstract: Governance of solar geoengineering is important and challenging, with particular concern arising from commercial actors’ involvement. Policies relating to intellectual property, including patents and trade secrets, and to data access will shape private actors’ behavior and regulate access to data and technologies. There has been little careful consideration of the possible roles
The South Asian region, home to 24% of the world’s population faces major challenges such as hunger, poverty and inequality. These challenges become the collective responsibility of scholars and experts in research universities across the country. Consequently, it becomes imperative that research institutes share scientific research outputs and accelerate scientific research. The Open Access movement which aims for making all
[Islam Hassouna] Abstract: This paper reviews the methodologies of 16 indices in innovation, information and communication technologies, economic environment, governance, and development. It looks at the different techniques used by these indicators to aggregate data into a single number. The paper presents index structure, data, weighing of indicators, assessment, and ends with a focus on the measurement of innovation in
A report released today, The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and Its Implications for the Cultural Record, finds that individuals and institutions need clear guidance on the legality of archiving legacy software to ensure continued access to digital files of all kinds and to illuminate the history of technology. The first product of an Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
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