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WIPO--Advancing Access to Information for Print Disabled People.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mann, David |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | This paper examines the role of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as it relates to copyright and to visually impaired people's right to read. It starts by summarising the barriers that can arise both from refusal to grant permission for alternative formats and from the use of rights management schemes incompatible with screen reading technology. It refers to the need for international agreements as well as an accumulation of national legislation. It examines in some detail the workings of WIPO and highlights the criteria of the three-step test. It details contacts within the past year between WIPO, the World Blind Union and the IFLA Section of Libraries for the Blind. It then refers to the related roles of the World Trade Organisation and of UNESCO. It lists what ideally we would like to be able to obtain from WIPO in terms of national and international legislation, and asks what steps must be taken to achieve this. It is hoped that the paper will motivate people to contact their national governments and ask them to raise these issues within WIPO. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla67/papers/078-144e.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
