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WIPO reaches agreement on treaty for blind: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Officials at the World Intellectual Property Organisation have reached an agreement to provide wider access to books for the visually impaired in different countries, a long-pending demand of the World Blind Union and activist groups.
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‘Miracle at Marrakesh’ to help visually impaired read: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 10:07 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The treaty will make access to books for the visually impaired, blind and print disabled easier.
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CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Featured, WIPO
Pranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
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A Treat for the Blind: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Jul 11, 2013 06:02 AM — filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
The WIPO treaty will provide copyright exceptions on books making them available to blind people in formats they can use.
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 25, 2013 — filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
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India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 18, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Accessibility, Intermediary Liability, Technological Protection Measures
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari gives us an overview of some of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the copyright issues identified therein.
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CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 25, 2013 — last modified Apr 25, 2013 11:57 AM — filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The informal session and special session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was organised by WIPO in Geneva from April 18 to April 20, 2013. Pranesh Prakash participated in the session and spoke about the rights of the visually impaired. An abridged version of this was read out during the meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 22:15 due to time restrictions.
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Land and Social Justice - An introduction to Georgism: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2013 — last modified Apr 28, 2013 07:06 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, Event
Cherry G Mathew will be giving a public talk on Georgism at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore on April 12, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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WIPO To Negotiate Treaty For The Blind In June; ‘Still Some Distance To Travel’: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 21, 2012 — last modified Dec 21, 2012 11:50 AM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
In a swift 15 minute session this morning delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization extraordinary assembly agreed to convene a high-level meeting in Morocco in June to finalise a treaty on international exceptions to copyrights on books in special formats for visually impaired people.
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Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives: by Smitha Krishna Prasad — published Nov 29, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 11:11 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to copyrighted materials to visually impaired persons. In between these discussions, the SCCR also found time to have two short plenary sessions on the proposed broadcast treaty as well as working documents on exceptions for libraries and archives.
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