Avinash, Can you draft out a blog post on this treaty and the global politics around it?
George -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 06 May 2014 11:28 To: disability-studies-india; Nikita Jain Cc: jnuvision; accessindia Subject: [AI] Amba's IE article: Marrakesh treaty bolsters India's effort to make written work accessible for the disabled. block quote 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. block quote end 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin dia.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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. 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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
