Learning on ScreenWIPO Proposal: Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons
- Title
- WIPO Proposal: Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons
- Date
- 18 Dec 2009
- Link
- http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=122732
- Publisher
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Category
- International Treaties
- Subject
- Intellectual Property
- Inactive
- No
- Description
- A proposal for a treaty (based on text prepared by the World Blind Union) that could lead to better access to copyright-protected works by the blind, visually impaired (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons was discussed by WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at its meeting in December 2009. Discussion will continue at future meetings, working towards the drawing up of an international instrument . Stakeholders are being consulted with the aim of identifying and developing solutions that improve the availability of copyright-protected published works in formats accessible to reading-disabled persons. Supporting documentation and news relating to this initiative are available at: http://www.visionip.org/portal/en/
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