Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO Marrakesh Treaty On Copyright Exceptions For Blind Readers Clears US Senate
"The World Intellectual Property Organization Marrakesh Treaty on
copyright exceptions enabling international access to published works by
blind and print-disabled readers was ratified this week by the United
States Senate, putting it one step closer to final ratification in the
country.
The Marrakesh
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are
Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print-Disabled was agreed in 2013.
On 28 June, the full US Senate ratified treaty and passed implementing legislation to amend Title 17 accordingly, the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559).
The implementing
legislation now goes to the US House of Representatives, and then on to
the President, according to the bill summary. The US will then have to
prepare and deposit its instrument of ratification to WIPO."
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