As far as I know, an amendment to the existing copyright act in India was made last February to allow blind people to freely access books. So, our copyright law is already in line with this treaty. Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 21, 2013, at 10:02 AM, "Vedprakash" <[email protected]> wrote: > our organizations in India should try to impose on the Government that the > said law should immidiately be passed. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "avinash shahi" <[email protected]> > To: "disability-studies-india" <[email protected]> > Cc: "accessindia" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 8:22 PM > Subject: [AI] Blind People Defeat Lobbyists in a tussle about Copywrite > > > The Economist always brings out the best from inside > http://www.economist.com/news/international/21582039-blind-people-defeat-lobbyists-tussle-about-copyright-between-lines > Print edition > Jul 20th, 2013 > THE 198 books were piled on a table and wrapped in chains; only two > remained free. Blind people were helping the 600 negotiators at a > conference in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh visualise “book famine”. > The world’s 285m visually impaired people (40m of them blind), live > mostly in poor countries where books in friendly formats (Braille, > audio and large print) are scarce. A recent estimate is that Africa > has only 500 works for blind English-speakers. > > The Marrakesh meeting was to finalise a copyright treaty, of which the > most important provision—according to Dan Pescod of Britain’s Royal > National Institute of Blind People—is to allow blind-friendly books to > be exported. Today’s copyright regime prohibits such cross-border > trade. A Braille book made in America, for example, cannot legally be > sold in Britain. Argentina has over 50,000 works available for > visually impaired readers, but they cannot be distributed in > neighbouring Uruguay, which has a paltry 4,000. Charities must > therefore acquire the rights and pay for another conversion (which can > cost more than $7,000). This takes time and wastes money. > > > In late 2012 the World Intellectual Property Organisation, a UN body, > suggested that the treaty could be signed the following June. But > copyright laws have powerful defenders who are suspicious of any > precedent that might dent their legal armour and business models. They > worry that negotiators might cite exemptions for the blind when they > hack away copyright laws to benefit other causes—looser drug patents, > for example. The treaty will also help charities sidestep copyright > laws in the 127 poor countries without legal provision for > blind-friendly formats. > > The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), a trade group, > warned the American negotiator, the US Patent Office, of the > “dangerous precedent” an agreement might set. Though the treaty hardly > affects Hollywood, it fears that unclear clauses could be abused, says > Chris Marcich of the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA > tried to remove the fair-use provision in the treaty, preferring other > existing rules which stipulate that “special cases” should not affect > “normal exploitation” of a work, or “unreasonably prejudice” the > owner’s interest. BusinessEurope, a lobby, wrote to the European > Commission to try to delay the signing. Hollywood also rustled up > support from foreign friends: Nollywood (Nigeria) and Bollywood > (India). > > A round of negotiations in April brought “disaster”, says James Love, > head of Knowledge Ecology International, a Washington-based charity, > who helped draft the treaty. Although the talks had seemed almost > finished, discussions reopened on 88 clauses. After a week of haggling > in Morocco, careful wording ensured that the treaty was adopted on > June 27th, three days after the books in chains were piled outside the > venue. But for it to come into effect, 20 countries must pass it into > domestic law. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Programme Executive at Score Foundation > To know more,Why not visit our Website: http://www.eyeway.org/ > And M.Phil Research Scholar at Centre for The Study of Law and Governance JNU > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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