A presentation on Creative Commons licences for a workshop of the Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) at the annual conference of the Library Association of South Africa (LIASA), September 2009.

2. The aim - African knowledge, for Africa, from Africa, widely accessible...

3. ... but this is not the case now...

4. http://www.worldmapper.org © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). http://www.worldmapper.org © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). Books published

6. Science Research - articles published http://www.worldmapper.org © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan).

7. ... What we do have a lot of is poverty

8. http://www.worldmapper.org © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). Human poverty

9. Why are we not more effective in getting African knowledge to work for our own needs?

10. The context is a scarcity model...print books...

11. In the wake of the growth of the knowledge economy, post WWII...

12. Commercialisation of publishing....

13. ... and massive media consolidation

16. ... leading to profit-seeking companies as big as some countries... The Top 200 corporations' combined sales are bigger than the combined economies of all countries minus the biggest 10. http://www.globalissues.org/article/59/corporate-power-facts-and-stats

17. ...seeking ever-stronger IP to ensure their control over content for maximum profits.. .

18. Developing countries pushed to the margins...

19. “ Over the last few decades, some things have not changed. There’s been no significant break in relations of knowledge production between the colonial and post-colonial eras. African universities are essentially consumers of knowledge produced in developed countries.” “ Over the last few decades, some things have not changed. There’s been no significant break in relations of knowledge production between the colonial and post-colonial eras. African universities are essentially consumers of knowledge produced in developed countries.” Blade Nzimande, UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education 2009

21. Can Creative Commons licences help?

25. This approach has proved very effective in profiling HSRC research worldwide

26. Eve Gray Centre for Educational Technology University of Cape Town http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area Eve Gray Centre for Educational Technology University of Cape Town http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area