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Posts tagged: media access

Sean McLaughlin's picture

Open Community Media

Openness with regard to broadband media access is about basic human rights - Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers" (UN, 1948).

Principle: Openness Tags: broadband media, community media, media access, Open Access, PEG Access