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Saturday, 14th November 2009

Comments About Works for the Blind and Visually Impaired Filed by the Library Copyright Alliance

From a District Dispatch Blog Post:

...the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), composed of the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries, filed comments on behalf of LCA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) to the Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) draft proposal to facilitate access to copyrighted works for persons who are blind or have visual impairments and other reading disabilities in response to the Federal Register Notice of October 13, 2009.

The comments address possible solutions to enhance accessibility to information for the blind or other persons with disabilities, and also include an analysis of a new treaty proposal currently under consideration by WIPO and its effect on U.S. copyright law. LCA believes blind or persons with other disabilities should be afforded the same access to copyrighted materials as sighted persons. Accordingly, LCA believes that the United States should work for the adoption of a treaty at the WIPO that facilitates such access. We also recommend that legal solutions must be combined with practical solutions to improve and expand access for the blind and persons with other disabilities.

See Also: Access the Full Text of the Comments Filed Today (26 pages; PDF)

See Also: Issue Brief: Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and Other Reading Disabled Persons (via Library Copyright Alliance)

See Also: U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Request for Comments on Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons with Disabilities (10/13/2009)


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