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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). In discussions with the advocacy community here, there's a strong desire to discard this term. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. This is a crucial point.

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Copyright treaty in Geneva Advances!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We've been supportive of an effort by the World Blind Union to get an international treaty in place that sets up a global system much like the one we have today in the United States. Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We believe that print disabled people should be able to buy accessible books at the same time and at the same price as nondisabled people. But, we’re not willing to lose the copyright exemption and let down the next two or three generations of print disabled people during the transition to equal access nirvana!

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