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"And so there has been kind of a pushback to say, you know what? There are some areas that should be left open to everybody to use." "We are reading books in digital form, and we are wanting to use artworks as memes ... they become different ways of people wanting to access material. And it might not always be appropriate," says Ms Janke.There's also pushback at the intersection of IP law and traditional cultural practices.
Ms Janke says there are gaps in IP laws when it comes to Indigenous culture that can"allow the capture of Indigenous knowledge and the IP resting with someone else".
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