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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

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First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. Article 2(c).

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

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That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. I had never heard of it. It was a magical hour.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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government and states like Texas. It was again a grant from the Lavelle Fund (our third) that allowed us to develop the ability to provide accessible MP3 audio versions of our materials and realize the enormous potential impact of mobile reading options for individuals with print disabilities. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

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A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

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When students with disabilities need books for school or simply want to read the same books as their peers without disabilities, they are likely to find that e-book in Bookshare and able to download it in the format of their choice to use at school, at home or elsewhere. What can be done today to build this accessible tomorrow?

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Government. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download. It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. It is a must download! Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience.

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