Abstract
Like any other property, copyright as a form of Intellectual Property must be respected, and remunerated to address the socio-economic needs of society. Notwithstanding the different licensing systems and copyright protection avenues, educational and information institutions have continued to advocate for open access to information resources, under the legal exceptions for fair use. A survey using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted in educational institutions, libraries and archives in Uganda to assess the state of copyright infringement in Uganda. This paper recognizes a continued advocacy to open access to information resources, under the legal exceptions of fair use for educational purposes. Nevertheless, the uncontrolled reproduction of copyright works in educational institutions and information institutions, have contributed to copyright infringement robbing authors of their potential economic earnings and limiting their academic innovativeness and creativity. This paper attempts to underpin a need for a strategy to balance copyright protection and access to information. Thus, a strategic alliance by the Collecting Society, government, universities and right holder organisations to work together and institute a programme to address copyright protection and access to information is pertinently required.
Highlights
Copyright is a form of Intellectual Property that grants authors and artists control over use of their creations for defined periods of time and limits, and who may copy, change, perform, or share those creations [1]
The study identified the nature of copyright practices and the forms of copyright infringement as discussed in the sections that follow
Respondents were asked to comment on how the organisations are handling the practices that tend to influence copyright infringements
Summary
Copyright is a form of Intellectual Property that grants authors and artists control over use of their creations for defined periods of time and limits, and who may copy, change, perform, or share those creations [1]. A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. It provides protection for the owner, so that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed or sold without the patent owner's consent. Whilst copyright can protect the artwork of your logo, you could register the logo as a trade mark [4]. These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned and requires protection from infringement
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