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Lecturers, students abuse copyright in Ghana— Survey

Accra, Aug. 12, GNA — A survey on digital uses of text and image-based work in universities and colleges in Ghana by CopyGhana says there is concrete evidence of copyright abuse by lecturers and students.

It said there was also enough evidence of digital uses of text and image-based works in tertiary institutions.

Materials from the internet is the source of learning materials for majority of students at every level, representing 83.8 per cent for undergraduates, 84.4 per cent second degree,100 per cent (Doctor of Philosophy) PhD students and an overall of 83.8 per cent.

Dr Magnus Duncan, Research Consultant and Statistician, disclosed this in a presentation of findings of the WIPO-funded survey conducted in 2023 to monitor digital uses of text and image-based works in various tertiary institutions in Ghana.

It was released during the Copy Ghana Nationwide Sensitisation Workshop in Accra, to among other reasons, equip rightsholders with practical strategies for promoting and enforcing their copyrights in the digital transformation era.

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