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Public access to information and the creation of an ‘information commons’ [PDF]

Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2004
AbstractIntellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights (IPRs) have increased in social, political, and economic importance in North America over the past two decades. There has been much talk of how we have, or are currently in the process of shifting to, an ‘information economy’ and an ‘information society’; and indeed, ‘information’ has ...
Robert Rao, Erica Wiseman, Kimiz Dalkir
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Critical gloss to the judgment of the SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT of 18 November 2020 (file ref. No. I OSK 1927/18)

Journal of Modern Science, 2021
The Act on access to public information (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2020, item 2176; hereinafter referred to as the Act on Access to Public Information) provides that everyone is entitled, subject to Art.
Marcin Adamczyk
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Enhancing digital information access in public libraries [PDF]

Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006
To explore the impact of public digital library resources on urban residents, to elucidate the current usage patterns of public digital library resources/services and levels of satisfaction with the resources/content in urban digital libraries and make recommendations as to steps that would improve service to this population.
Ayers, Kathleen, Liu, Yan Quan
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The Legal Framework and Barriers to Access to Environmental Information in Ethiopia

Mizan Law Review, 2021
Information plays a vital role, both in terms of its importance for a democratic order and as a prerequisite for public participation. Many countries have made provisions for access to information in their respective constitutions. The FDRE Constitution
Abdulkader Mohammed Yusuf
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Section 108 Revision: Nothing New Under the Sun

Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 2018
Section 108 of the Copyright Act lays out a series of specific protections for reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works by libraries and archives.
Brandon Butler, Carrie Russell
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Analyzing the Environmental Democracy in International Law and Iran’s Legal System [PDF]

Majallah-i Huqūqī-i Biyn/al-milalī-i, 2023
Procedural environmental law, also known as environmental democracy consists of three Pillars, which include the right of access to environmental information, the right of participation in environmental decision-making procedures and the right of access ...
زهرا محمودی کردی, حسین رضازاده, زهرا سادات شارق   +2 more
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Wybrane zagadnienia z zakresu dostępu do informacji publicznej w samorządzie terytorialnym

Przegląd Prawniczy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza, 2016
The right of access to public information is one of the fundamental constitutional civil rights in the Polish legal system. Its rules on practical implementation regulate the law of access to public information.
Mateusz Karciarz
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Transparência Pública: legislações de acesso à Informação Brasileira e Espanhola

Páginas a&b, 2019
The present study has as general objective to present the Brazilian and Spanish legislation devoted to the information access and to public transparency.
Tatiana Costa Rosa, Maria Manuela Moro Cabero   +1 more
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MODERN METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE INVESTIGATION OF ENSURING AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHT TO ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION [PDF]

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2018
The purpose of the paper is to study the preconditions of the necessity to use new scientific tools during the study of issues related to the ensuring and protection of human right to access to public information; to characterize the main scientific ...
Oleksandr Sybiha, Tamara Hubanova, Roman Melnyk   +2 more
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The State Commission to Investigate Russian Influence and the Universal Right to Public Information [PDF]

Krytyka Prawa
The entry into force of the Act of 14 April 2023 on the State Commission for the Investigation of Russian Influence on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland in the Years 2007–2022 was met with huge criticism not only from politicians from the ...
Katarzyna Tomaszewska
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