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Between "Free Use" and Denial of Access:

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Between "Free Use" and Denial of Access:

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A Critical Analysis of the Copyright Licensing Scheme for Scholarly Materials in Higher Education in Tanzania

Alex B. Makulilo

Leiden

Brill

Over the past ten years universities in Tanzania through the Committee of Vice Chancellors, Principals of Public and Private Universities in Tanzania (CVCPT), have been in dispute with the Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) over the exploitation of literary copyright protected works. This long-standing dispute has centered on a controversial copyright licensing of reproduction and rental rights scheme issued by COSOTA. On the one hand, universities claim reproduction and rental rights for educational purposes are exempted from the requirement of license under the doctrine of "free use" while the licensing body refutes such claim. This article is set to critically discuss this tension and suggest how the dispute may be resolved. The present analysis is governed by the international and national legal framework on copyright exemptions and limitations. Over the past ten years universities in Tanzania through the Committee of Vice Chancellors, Principals of Public and Private Universities in Tanzania (CVCPT), have been in dispute with the Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) over the exploitation of literary copyright protected works. This long-standing dispute has centered on a controversial copyright licensing of reproduction and rental rights scheme issued by COSOTA. On the one hand, universities claim reproduction and rental rights for educational purposes are exempted from the requirement of license under the doctrine of "free use" while the licensing body refutes such claim. This article is set to critically discuss this tension and suggest how the dispute may be resolved. The present analysis is governed by the international and national legal framework on copyright exemptions and limitations.

2021

196-214

The African Review

48/1

1821-889X

African Studies

Committee of Vice Chancellors

copyright Society of Tanzania, (COSOTA)

free use

General

Principals of Public and Private Universities in Tanzania (CVCPT)

reproduction and rental rights

Alex B. Makulilo

10.1163/1821889X-12340032

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