Nicholson, Denise2010-09-102010-09-1020020340-035210.1177/0340035202028005091745-2651http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8639The right to access to information and ideas is vital for any society, yet for most developing countries in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, this is unattainable. This paper describes problems of access to information and copyright barriers and ways of improving the current situationeninformation-starved; information super highway; copyright; south africaArticle