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The struggle has not been easy. Countries like the United States and
those that are part of the European Union, as well as powerful lobbies
like the Trans-Atlantic Business Council and the Motion Picture
Association of America, opposed the treaty to a large extent. There
were fears that accessibility methods like ebooks would be used by the
general population and that the exceptions for the disabled in the
context of copyright might open the floodgates for similar exceptions
across intellectual property regimes.
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full article can be accessed at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reading-rights/99/
-- 
Avinash Shahi
M.Phil Research Scholar
Centre for The Study of Law and Governance
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi India



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