[A2k] New draft conclusions... paragraph on disabled persons

[James Love]

This was just released, around 3pm. It is the most recent draft.  Jamie


The Committee acknowledged the special needs of visually impaired
persons and stressed the importance of dealing, expeditiously and with
appropriate deliberation, with those needs of the blind, visually
impaired, and other reading disabled  persons, including discussions at
the national level on possible ways and means facilitating and enhancing
access to protected works.  This should  include analysis of limitations
and exceptions, including their application to the international
exchange of materials in accessible formats.  This should also include
the possible establishment of a stakeholders platform at WIPO, in order
to facilitate arrangements to secure access for disabled persons to
protected works.  The SCCR took note of the paper presented by the WBU
and many delegations expressed interest in further analyzing it.


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