摘要：Like any other property, copyright as a form of Intellectual Property must be respected, and remunerated to address the socio-economic needs of society. Notwithstanding the different licensing systems and copyright protection avenues, educational and information institutions have continued to advocate for open access to information resources, under the legal exceptions for fair use. A survey using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted in educational institutions, libraries and archives in Uganda to assess the state of copyright infringement in Uganda. This paper recognizes a continued advocacy to open access to information resources, under the legal exceptions of fair use for educational purposes. Nevertheless, the uncontrolled reproduction of copyright works in educational institutions and information institutions, have contributed to copyright infringement robbing authors of their potential economic earnings and limiting their academic innovativeness and creativity. This paper attempts to underpin a need for a strategy to balance copyright protection and access to information. Thus, a strategic alliance by the Collecting Society, government, universities and right holder organisations to work together and institute a programme to address copyright protection and access to information is pertinently required.
关键词：Copyright Infringement;Intellectual Property;Licensing Systems;Copyright Protection;Uganda Copyright;Copyright Collecting Societies;Academic Authorship;Fair use for Educational Institutions;Libraries and Archives
