The World Blind Union Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty: Facilitating Access to Books for Print-Disabled Individuals
Laurence R. Helfer, Molly K. Land, Ruth L. Okediji, and Jerome H. Reichman
Abstract
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled is a watershed development in the fields of intellectual property and human rights. As the first international legal instrument to establish mandatory exceptions to copyright, the Marrakesh Treaty uses the legal and policy tools of copyright to advance human rights. The World Blind Union Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty offers a comprehensive framework for interpreting the Treaty in ways that enhance the ability of print-disabled individuals to create, read, and s ... More
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled is a watershed development in the fields of intellectual property and human rights. As the first international legal instrument to establish mandatory exceptions to copyright, the Marrakesh Treaty uses the legal and policy tools of copyright to advance human rights. The World Blind Union Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty offers a comprehensive framework for interpreting the Treaty in ways that enhance the ability of print-disabled individuals to create, read, and share books and cultural materials in accessible formats. The Guide also provides specific recommendations to government officials, policymakers, and disability rights organizations involved with implementing the Treaty's provisions in national law.
Keywords:
disabled persons,
copyright,
human rights,
blind,
visually impaired,
treaty,
accessible formats,
print disabilities
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190679644 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2017 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190679644.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Laurence R. Helfer, author
Henry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Molly K. Land, author
Professor of Law and Human Rights, University of Connecticut School of Law and Human Rights Institute
Ruth L. Okediji, author
McKnight Presidential Professor and William L. Prosser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota School of Law
Jerome H. Reichman, author
Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
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