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WIPO Proposals Would Open Cross-Border Access To Materials For Print Disabled

By Intellectual Property Watch

Negotiators trying to find a solution for the world?s print disabled, who have said copyright law is limiting their access to an already meagre supply of reading material in usable formats, began discussing a possible UN recommendation this week. But the print disabled and their strongest supporters have said such a recommendation - which would not be legally binding - would fall short of meeting their needs.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on May 28, 2010 (boomark / email).