Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 21, 2010

This is the international forum for discussing copyright issues, and it is the body considering the Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI). Tags: print disabled print disabilities SCCR. I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S. blind TVI treaty jrandomf Twitter WIPO SCCR20.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

We had a wide-ranging conversation about Bookshare and the current hot disability issues. I found it very exciting as President Obama's position on this developing issue! There are many issues affecting accessibility including available resources, technical considerations, practices and market considerations. Really exciting.

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