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		<title>A “tax on accessible books”: mixed emotions at Marrakesh Treaty progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 12:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest agreement in the process of implementing the Marrakesh Treaty, which aims to help end the ‘book famine’ faced by blind and visually impaired people, has been met with a mixture of praise and frustration. The treaty aims to increase the availability of books in accessible formats, such as Braille and e-books, by relaxing copyright [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible book body to focus on developing countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An initiative to increase production and dissemination of accessible format books for blind and print-impaired readers in developing countries has been launched by a group of international bodies. Members of the new Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) include the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO); the World Blind Union (WBU); the DAISY talking book format; the International [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Historic’ Accessible Copyright Treaty is ‘Miracle In Marrakech’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An historic international treaty to increase book access for blind and visually impaired people has finally been adopted at a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) after almost six years of wrangling, negotiations and setbacks. Signed at a WIPO conference in Marrakech, Morocco, the treaty will allow exceptions to copyright laws so accessible [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible Copyright Treaty Hits New Roadblock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Blind Union (WBU) has reacted angrily to a new setback to long-running work on an international copyright treaty which could improve access to accessible books for blind and visually impaired people. The union has been a key negotiator in talks at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) which have been going on for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Courts Freeze Samsung Battle Against Apple Screen Reader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit in Germany in which mobile handset maker Samsung is attempting to force its rival Apple to remove the VoiceOver screen reader function from its iPhone smartphones in the country has been halted by the courts. VoiceOver allows users to have content on the screen read aloud to them. It is marketed as an [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Finish Line In Sight&#8221; for Accessible Copyright Treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After what will have been five years of negotiations, an international treaty to allow the sharing of accessible copyrighted material across borders for use by blind and visually impaired people could finally be signed in 2013, E-Access Bulletin has learned. A “roadmap” for formalising a treaty, which would increase book access for disabled people including [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital books in Italy: Reading Without Barriers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michele Smargiassi They can’t see their books: maybe this is why they read them with such an extraordinary passion. On average, in Italy, a blind person reads 9.2 books a year, while among sighted Italians only two in ten people read so many. Six blind people out of ten read a few pages of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Setback For Global Copyright Exception Treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moves to create an international treaty to allow accessible versions of copyrighted works to be shared across borders, giving people with print disabilities wider access to books, received a setback this month following “aggressive” intervention by EU negotiators. Between 21 November and 2 December, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) held a meeting in Geneva [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Charities Push For Binding Treaty On Global Book Access</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK and European blindness charities are stepping up the pressure on politicians ahead of a decisive meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to consider rules allowing accessible versions of copyrighted works to be shared across borders, giving people with print disabilities wider access to books. Negotiations at the WIPO General Assembly later this [&#8230;]]]></description>
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