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[Nfbnet-members-list] US House of Representatives Passes Marrakesh 
Treaty Implementation Act
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US House of Representatives Passes Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act 
Treaty Now Awaits  Presidential Action
Washington, DC (September 25, 2018): The United States House of 
Representatives has passed the  Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 
2559), which makes modest changes to copyright law that  will bring the 
United States into compliance with the terms of the Marrakesh Treaty. 
The Senate  gave its advice and consent to ratification of the treaty 
and passed the implementing legislation  on June 28.
"For almost a decade now, the National Federation of the Blind, our 
partners, and other advocates  have worked to bring the Marrakesh 
Treaty into being and into force," said Mark A. Riccobono,  President 
of the National Federation of the Blind. "Today we applaud the United 
States House of  Representatives for its passage of the Marrakesh 
Treaty Implementation Act. We now urge President  Trump to sign this 
implementing legislation, and to order the State Department to deposit 
the  instrument of ratification with the World Intellectual Property 
Organization as soon as  practicable. We are closer than ever to the 
day when blind Americans will have greater access to  the world's 
knowledge, in many of its original languages, than we have ever had in 
human history."
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the Blind (NFB),  headquartered in Baltimore, is the oldest and largest 
nationwide organization of blind Americans.  Founded in 1940, the NFB 
consists of affiliates, chapters, and divisions in the fifty states,  
Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The NFB defends the rights of blind 
people of all ages and provides  information and support to families 
with blind children, older Americans who are losing vision, and  more. 
We believe in the hopes and dreams of blind people and work together to 
transform them into  reality. Learn more about our many programs and 
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Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic  
that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of 
blind people, because low  expectations create obstacles between blind 
people and our dreams.
CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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Tuesday, September 25 at 9:41 PM
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