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height="110" width="102" align="left">Digital
information and copyright law often do not play
well together, so much so that it looks like
Congress may be ready to start a "<a
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/five-ways-congress-should-improve-the-copyright-system/">comprehensive
review</a>" of the entire copyright system.
Usually we hear about this conflict as it pertains
to sharing of copyrighted digital files - library
lending of ebooks, for example - but in the past
few weeks we have seen news that negotiations at
the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) have highlighted a different conflict, this
one between the needs of the visually impaired and
the revenue protections built into some current
copyright laws. Advocates for the blind want an
international exception to copyright that will
permit conversion of content to accessible
formats, but content producers want to require
that any such exception pass the "three-step" test
that some countries apply to limit interference
with the right of copyright holders to make money.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/disney-viacom-and-other-m_b_3137653.html">Disney,
Viacom and other MPAA members join book
publishers to weaken a treaty for the blind</a>
(Huffington Post/James Love) "...the June 2011
text was offered to make it easier for countries
to ratify the convention if the national
practice was to permit uses of works for the
blind under other more general provisions in the
national copyright law, such as a law on fair
use or fair practices, an educational exception
or a disability rights law. As WIPO turned to an
examination of broader copyright limitations and
exceptions issues, the EU began to backtrack and
demand additional language in the treaty for the
blind text that would require any of the
exceptions set out in the treaty be implemented
subject to a three step test, raising questions
about what if anything the treaty would permit."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://kluwercopyrightblog.com/2013/04/19/on-copyright-and-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-wipo-treaty-for-the-blind/">On
copyright and rights of persons with
disabilities: WIPO treaty for the blind</a>
(Kluwer Copyright Blog/Tatiana Sinodinou) "Since
the conversion to accessible formats is an act
of exploitation which is connected to a new
market, copyright holders have a strong interest
to control it tightly. An example of this
controversy in the USA is a case in which the
Authors Guild objected to the Kindle 2's robotic
text-to-speech feature, which can read Kindle
books aloud in a synthesized voice, claiming
that Amazon offered a product that was
competitive to audio books, since it would cut
into their sales."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/blind-advocates-hollywood-lobbying-threatens-deal-for-accessible-books/">Blind
advocates: Hollywood lobbying threatens deal
for accessible books</a> (Ars Technica/Timothy
B. Lee) "The blind community just wants easier
access to books. US rightsholders have other
ideas. In a Wednesday phone interview, a
spokesman for the AAP [Association of American
Publishers] told us that any treaty that
enhances access for blind people must be coupled
with provisions that shore up the rights of
copyright holders. His organization has also
pushed for additional restrictions on when
non-profit organizations would be allowed to
produce accessible versions of books. These
groups have the ear of the Obama administration,
and as a result the demands of rightsholders
have dominated recent rounds of negotiations."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.ifla.org/node/7653">IFLA
attends Informal Session and Special Session
of the Standing Committee on Copyright and
Related Rights, 18-20 April 2013</a>
(International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions Committee on
Copyright and other Legal Matters) "Unless
substantial changes are made, reading disabled
people around the world, particularly in
developing and transition countries, would be
granted a 'trophy treaty' that will not work on
the ground, so they would continue to be denied
or restricted in their enjoyment of what is a
most important human right for everyone, the
right to read which underpins every individual's
ability to succeed in the world. This could be
worse for reading disabled people than no treaty
at all as it would not be reopened for decades
to put it right."</li>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">The news
recently has not been all bad for the blind. On
May 1, Amazon <a
href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Amazon-Finally-Begins-Work-to-Make-Kindles-ADACompliant-89531.asp">announced</a>
some new features for the Kindle that will improve
accessibility for the visually impaired.
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