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United States Supports New Treaty to Facilitate Visually Impaired Persons’ Access to Books

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 107 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 933 - 934
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, June 27, 2013, available at http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=241683.

2 See Kimberly Kindy, Filmmakers’ Group Tries to Reshape Treaty That Would Benefit the Blind, Wash. Post, June 22, 2013, at http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-22/politics/40130773_1_treaty-copyright-the-mpaa; Hayley Tsukayama & Tom Hamburger, Group Finalizes Treaty to Expand Book Access for World’s Blind Community, Wash. Post, June 26, 2013, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/group-finalizes-treaty-to-expand-book-access-for-worlds-blind-community/2013/06/26/461311fe-de83-11e2-948c-d644453 cf 169_blog.html.

3 Motion Picture Association of America Press Release, Joint Statement by National Federation of the Blind and Motion Picture Association of America on Completion of WIPO Visually Impaired Persons Treaty (June 26, 2013), at http://www.mpaa.org/resources/79d84269-0c7c-4d21-a1c4-933d84f991fa.pdf

4 World Intellectual Property Organization Press Release No. 2013/741, Historic Treaty Adopted, Boosts Access to Books for Visually Impaired Persons Worldwide (June 27, 2013), at http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2013/article_0017.html.

5 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0815, Adoption of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (June 28, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/06/211308.htm; see also R. David Edelman & Stephanie Valencia, Land mark Treaty for the Visually Impaired, The White House Blog (June 28, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/28/landmark-treaty-visually-impaired; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Press Release No. 13-21, Statement from Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting USPTO Director Teresa Stanek Rea on Adoption of Historic Treaty Improving Access to Published Works for the Blind and Other Print Disabled Persons (June 28, 2013), at http://www.uspto.gov/news/pr/2013/13-21.jsp; Institute of Museum and Library Services Press Release, Landmark Treaty for Visually-Impaired Persons (June 28, 2013), at http://www.imls.gov/landmark_treaty_for_visually-impaired_persons.aspx.