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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

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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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Copyright treaty in Geneva Advances!

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law that made it legal for us to scan just a bout any book without needing to get permissions first. Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty. Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

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copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team). The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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