How the Marrakesh Treaty Opens Vistas for Print-Disabled Readers

摘要

This summer, a diplomatic conference of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, adopted the "Marrakesh Treaty to Facili- tate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visu- ally Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. The treaty is designed to achieve the ob- jective spelled out in its title by obligating the countries (known as contracting parties) that sign it to make exceptions in their copyright laws for the creation and distribution of accessible- format copies both domesti- cally and across borders.