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Copyright? Copyleft? Why does it matter? An interview with Heather Ford

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GenderIt writer Mavic Cabrera-Balleza interviewed Heather Ford, Founder of the African Commonsi Project, a South African NGO with the goal of mobilizing communities through active participation in collaborative technology. Ford has worked in the fields of interneti policyi, law and management in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. She sheds light on some of these issues.
Copyright<sup class="glossary-indicator" title="Copyright is an intellectual property right given to an artistic work. Copyright can be applied to written works, musical compositions, and video, film or multimedia productions. In the United States, copyright lasts seventy years after the death of the creator of the work and it has been trying to impose this standard on the rest of the world. During the period of copyright no one may copy and circulate a copyrighted work without first obtaining permission and paying a license fee for doing so. In addition the originator of a copyrighted work has moral rights over the exploitation of the work. Style Information: n/a Related resources:Internet Rights Glossary ">i</sup>

The digitization of information generation and distribution has renewed the debate on copyright laws.

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