News & Media
The print-impaired millions and their right to read
Books, books everywhere, but not a word to read. This is the scenario for the approximately 70 million print-impaired in India, a sizeable population that includes the visually-impaired young people as well the elderly — whose vision depletes with advancing age.
Can’t read, so use new tech to let books speak
An article in the Times of India about the Right to Read campaign organised by the Centre for Internet & Society at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi as the world book fair kicked off.
Bridging the Divide
Video clipping of the National Conference on ICT's for the differently abled held in Loyola College, Chennai from 1 December to 3 December, 2009.
Books shut by law blinkers
An article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009
Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to Read
Thursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)
The disabled also grapple with copyright issues
An article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009
Copyright Access for the Disabled and Collaborative IP Policy
A blog post on SPICY IP by Shamnad Basheer, November 18, 2009
Reading For All
Right To Read campaign has begun in India to voice the needs of the disabled to gain access to books - an article by Lubna Salim in Kolkata Mirror - Saturday, November 14, 2009
UN Official pledges support to tackle Copyright Challenges for the Visually Impaired
Article on the UN News Centre - New York, Nov 11 2009 6:10PM
WIPO Director General Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired Community
An article in the WIPO website on the “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009.
Copyright obstacle for Braille, audio books
An article by Arpit Basu, The Times of India (Kolkata) Nov 7th, 2009
Youth light up lives, one book at a time
Chennaiites join a campaign to aid the visually challenged in accessing popular works of English literature THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BOOKS THAT THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED CAN'T ACCESS - an article in the Deccan Chronicle - Chennai, dated 10th Oct 2009.
The Option To Read
A blog in ‘thinkopotamus’ by Mr. Shreekumar Varma, Chief Guest, Right to Read Campaign’s first road show in Loyola College, Chennai
Print Impairment and Copyrights
An article by Swaraj Paul Barooah - SPICY IP (Google groups)
Deccan Chronicle – 27th September, 2009
Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, CIS, speaks at the launch of ‘Right to Read’ campaign. Loyola College in the city on Saturday launched the campaign to amend the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, and give visually challenged and dyslexic people better access to printed books in the form of Braille copy and big prints.
Right to Read campaign - Chennai (NDTV, Hindu)
The first event was covered by NDTV Hindu and an interview with Rahul Cherian and Nirmita Narasimhan was telecast on 26th September.
Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challenged
An article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009
‘Right to read’ campaign launched (The Hindu)
An article in The Hindu, 29th September, on the 'Right to Read' campaign, launched on 26th Sept, in Loyola College, Chennai
‘Right to Read’ campaign launched - Fighting against copyright regulations
To highlight the issues faced by persons with print disability – those deprived of Indian books due to unfriendly copyright regulations – a group of organisations launched the Right To Read (R2R) campaign on September 26 - an article by L Subramani, Sep 28th, Bangalore, Deccan Herald.
A fight for the Right to Read
The copyright Law remains blind to the rights of the Visually Impaired - An article by N T Balanarayan, DNA Bangalore - 24th September, 2009
