Documents/WSIS/1: ICT Opportunity/B3)26: Public Information

B3)26: Public Information

[Make] information in the public domain easily accessible and protected from misappropriation.

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A rich public domain is an essential element for the growth of the Information Society, creating multiple benefits such as an educated public, new jobs, innovation, business opportunities, and the advancement of sciences. Information in the public domain should be easily accessible to support the Information Society, and protected from misappropriation. Public institutions such as libraries and archives, museums, cultural collections and other community-based access points should be strengthened so as to promote the preservation of documentary records and free and equitable access to information.

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