Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the legal and institutional frameworks for, and the challenges to the payment of the reprographic fees in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach

A qualitative research approach was employed to address the objectives of the study. This involved focus group discussion sessions with twelve purposively sampled postgraduate students (six each from the private and public institutions) and the five Technical Committee members of CopyGhana; and qualitative interview sessions with the head librarians of four academic universities (two private and two public).

Findings

This study shows that CopyGhana derives its existence from Copyright Act 2005, (Act 690) section 49, and Copyright Regulations (L.I. 1962) 2010, sub-regulation 18. Copyright Regulations (L.I. 1962), 2010, sub-regulation 18 mandates CopyGhana to identify all the outfits that engage in photocopying for immediate licensing, and to protect the economic rights of foreign rightsholders within the jurisdiction of Ghana. Though students and library staff generally agree to the payment of the reprographic fees (the students however want to see it legally insulated against possible future arbitrary increases), the position of university authorities possesses a big challenge to its implementation.

Originality/value

The paper evaluated the legal and institutional frameworks for the payment of the reprographic fees, and the challenges in its implementation, and proposes that CopyGhana may have to activate its legal right to sue in order to overcome the challenges posed by university authorities, as is being done in other jurisdictions.

中文翻译：

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加纳学术图书馆复印费支付的法律和制度框架以及挑战

目的

本文的目的是评估加纳复印费支付的法律和制度框架以及面临的挑战。

设计/方法/方法

采用定性研究方法来解决研究目标。这包括与十二名有目的的抽样研究生（私立和公立机构各六名）和 CopyGhana 的五名技术委员会成员举行的焦点小组讨论会；与四所学术大学（两所私立大学和两所公立大学）的馆长进行定性访谈。

发现

本研究表明 CopyGhana 的存在源自 2005 年版权法（第 690 号法案）第 49 条和 2010 年版权条例 (LI 1962) 第 18 条。版权条例 (LI 1962)，2010 年第 18 条规定 CopyGhana确定所有从事影印业务的机构，以立即获得许可，并保护加纳管辖范围内的外国权利人的经济权利。虽然学生和图书馆工作人员普遍同意支付复印费（但学生希望看到它在法律上不受未来可能的任意增加的影响），但大学当局的立场对其实施面临巨大挑战。

原创性/价值

该文件评估了支付复印费的法律和制度框架及其实施中的挑战，并建议 CopyGhana 可能必须激活其合法的起诉权，以克服大学当局带来的挑战，就像现在一样在其他司法管辖区完成。