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"Rather than remaining locked in the paradigm of
an eternally developing it now seems possible to
aspire to becoming a knowledge society."
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"While the designs of global agro and pharmaceutical
industries in the area of patents have received
critical attention, the impact of the global
copyright regime on the rights of local people to invent,
appropriate and innovate in the area of media/information
has received little critical attention. This
article explores the impact of the copyright
regime on the Indian media industry and possible responses
towards the democratisation of IPR in India."
John Howkins & Robert Valantin (Ed): "Development
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for the world as a result of the revolution in
information technologies and assuming different
policy packages and social conditions."
William Dutton (Ed): "Information and Communication
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"Resulting a study into the broader social implications
of the inforamation technology developments,
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"By basing itself on moral rectitude and ethical
resoluteness, the Free Software Movement seeks to
focus on the importance of `freedom' as in
`free speech' or `free elections', and not gratis, as in `free
beer'. In the process, it has invited the
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