WIPO copyright treaty for blind kept on hold
There were a few anxious faces in WIPO, Geneva (and elsewhere) yesterday, as a US-Canada-EU lobby tried to block a copyright treaty proposal protecting the rights of people with disabilities to access digital material. Discussions were left hanging, though, and will continue in the next edition of the Standing Commitee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), tentatively scheduled for Nov 30-Dec 4 2009. The Treaty, which can be accessed here, was introducted by the World Blind Union, and tabled by […]
WIPO copyright treaty for blind kept on hold Read More »