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IFLA Welcomes WIPO Treaty for Blind and Print Disabled People

Treaty to Improve Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled Following two weeks of negotiations in Marrakesh, Morocco, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) formally adopted a ‘Treaty to Improve Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled’ on Thursday June 27th 2013.

Continued… | 27 June 2013 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, Morocco, WIPO

Week two at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh

Continued… | 25 June 2013 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, Morocco, WIPO

Intervention by IFLA and EIFL at Diplomatic Conference June 17-28, 2013

Continued… | 21 June 2013 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Start of WIPO Diplomatic Conference to conclude a treaty for the visually impaired

Continued… | 18 June 2013 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, Morocco

Joint Library Statement Urges WIPO Member States to Agree an Effective Treaty for Print Disabled People

Continued… | 11 June 2013 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired

IFLA attends Informal Session and Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 18-20 April 2013

IFLA attends the 2nd special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on an international treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities. Geneva, 18-20 April 2013.

Continued… | 25 April 2013 | Switzerland, SCCR, Copyright

IFLA attends special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)

A special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 18-22 February 2013 in Geneva to reach consensus on the draft text of an international treaty on copyright limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities.

Continued… | 27 February 2013 | Copyright, Switzerland, CLM, SCCR

Conclusions from the 25th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

Continued… | 26 November 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Advocacy, Switzerland, SCCR25, WIPO, Access to information

IFLA-EIFL-CLA Statement on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at SCCR 25

During the plenary discussion on the afternoon of Thursday 25th November at the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Chair of IFLA's Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Committee made the following intervention on behalf of IFLA, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) and the Canadian Library Association (CLA):

Continued… | 22 November 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Advocacy, Switzerland, SCCR25, WIPO, Access to information

IFLA, EIFL, ICA and German Library Association Statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 25

Today IFLA, together with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), the International Council on Archives (ICA) and the German Library Associations gave a statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired.

Continued… | 21 November 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Switzerland, SCCR25, WIPO, Access to information, Visually impaired, Print disabilities

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