Copyright law and translation : access to knowledge in developing economies / Chamila S. Talagala.
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TextSeries: Routledge research in intellectual propertyPublisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Description: 1 online resource (1 volume.)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003165446 (electronic bk); 1003165443 (electronic bk); 9781000378344; 1000378349; 9781000378375; 1000378373Subject(s): World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (1996 December 20) | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15) | Copyright -- Translations -- Developing countries | Copyright, International | LAW / GeneralDDC classification: 346/.17240482 LOC classification: K1447.7 | .T35 2021Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Access to scientific and technical knowledge, translation, and copyright in Sri Lanka -- The British model of copyright law and translation [1908-1979] -- WIPO model of copyright law and translation [1979-2003] -- TRIPS model of copyright law and translation [2003-2020] -- Conclusion and the way forward.
"Arguing that the translation of scientific and technical learning materials, and the publication of these translations in a timely and affordable manner, is crucially important in promoting access to scientific and technical knowledge in the developing world, this book examines the relationship between copyright law, translation and access to knowledge. Taking Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh as case studies, it identifies factors that have contribute to the unfavourable relationship between copyright law and the affordable translation of scientific and technical books, such as colonisation; international copyright law; the trade interests of the developing country; and a lack of expertise and general lack of awareness surrounding copyright law in the developing world. The book examines whether current copyright laws adequately meet the needs of developing countries, or whether they place too much emphasis on the requirements of dominant trading partners such as the United States. Highlighting the need to reform international copyright law to promote the needs and interests of developing countries such as Sri Lanka, it concludes that developing countries should amend their copyright laws in order to make use of special exceptions to translation rights, such as the compulsory licensing provided in the Appendix to the Berne Convention revised by the Paris Act 1971"--
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