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Communication Rights in the Information Society
The Campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society. Five CRIS issue papers lead into a series of articles on the subject. 1: Is the ‘information society’ a useful concept for civil society? 2: Why should intellectual property rights matter to civil society? 3: What is the special significance of community media to civil society? 4: Media ownership: Big deal?, and 5: The corporate sector and information control. Sasha Costanza-Chock examines "The CRIS Campaign: Mobilizations and blind spots", Cees Hamelink takes on the "Moral challenges in the information society" and Antonio Pasquali makes "A case for setting up an international tribunal". Seán Ó Siochrú gives "A personal account of WSIS PrepCom 1" and Bruce Girard has prepared a "Statement on PrepCom". Other WSIS and CRIS resources are provided for further reading.
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