tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post2632563927320033075..comments2024-02-14T06:39:11.423-05:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: BoingBoing Call to Action re WIPO Treaty for the BlindHoward Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-31513041037511264022009-05-29T09:15:42.171-04:002009-05-29T09:15:42.171-04:00Howard, the topic of a treaty to deal with cross b...Howard, the topic of a treaty to deal with cross border movement of works accessible to blind and other persons with reading disabilities has been discussed at WIPO for a long time, the WBU treaty text was distributed last fall at WIPO, and Canada was lobbied on this issue for months, by its own reading disabilities community. Group B, which includes Canada, is trying to block an agreement to discuss what is now a country proposal for a treaty at the next SCCR. Canada could support such a discussion at the SCCR's next meeting. But that would require some words to be uttered in public that would set out a position different from that of Group B. We can't rely on mind readers here.James Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04508271334578519024noreply@blogger.com