Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled - 0 views
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Adam Engel on 09 May 18Home page of the Marrakesh Treaty, an important international document for the future of accessibility! If the US ratifies it, it will effectively become an extension of the Chafee Amendment to Title 17 (the US Copyright Act) that will allow artistic works like drama and sheet music to be remediated and distributed to the print disabled without violating copyright law. From the site: "The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013 in Marrakesh and it forms part of the body of international copyright treaties administered by WIPO. It has a clear humanitarian and social development dimension and its main goal is to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired, and otherwise print disabled (VIPs)."