Individual elements in relation to policies involving copyright and piracy may appear alluring, but taken together these policies are destructive and have contributed to the de-skilling and de-industrialisation Guyana has experienced, says APNU parliamentarian Carl Greenidge.
The government has come under withering criticism over the past weeks for seeking to procure pirated textbooks for use in schools. This transaction has now been suspended. Government had sought to procure photocopied books for its school distribution programme, but a number of local distributors have since been blocked by a High Court injunction from displaying, selling or producing photocopied books. The injunction was obtained