WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco from the 17th to the 28th of June 2013, to conclude a treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities. A treaty will need to provide an effective international legal framework in order to serve print disabled people, and libraries that serve them. By ‘effective’ we mean an international legal framework that print disabled people, and libraries that serve them, are confident will provide practical national legislative solutions. We know that print disabled people have not benefited fully from new technologies because of copyright restrictions. This means that the treaty: • Ensures efficient cross-border transfer of works • Upholds the right to read for the world’s print disabled people – regardless of format • Recognises the role of libraries in providing access to accessible format works • Promotes the public interest as central to the balance in copyright law
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:01:51 +0000
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