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3 SCRIPTed 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/scripted3 and id is 1 raw text is: SCR! PT-e4 Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2006 Editorial Protection and Administration of Folklore in Nigeria Introduction Discussions on intellectual Property rights recently extended to traditional Knowledge issues and the protection of folklore. Generally, globalisation and the information Technology revolution have pushed the demand for intellectual property protection beyond the borders of sovereign nations. In the same trend, liberalization, international treaties, tourism, the media and the steady shift to free market economies enables greater movements of goods across the world and the need for better intellectual property protections. Complaints by American and European companies about rampant intellectual property piracy and counterfeiting in developing countries are an indication of the extent to which the world famous brands and Hollywood cinema and music has penetrated foreign lands, supplanting and in some cases even obliterating the traditional culture and custom of different people in the process- particularly in the cities.1 On the other hand many developing countries complain that Paper delivered at Edinburgh. William 0 Hennessey 'Towards a Conceptual Framework for Recognition of Rights for the Holders of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore' prepared for 'Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Folklore A review of progress in diplomacy and policy formulation' organized by UNCTAD/ICTSD OCTOBER 2002 page 1.