[Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: United States Senate Greenlights Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing Legislation

[Sheri Albers]

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> From: David Andrews via NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
> Date: June 28, 2018 at 9:39:33 PM EDT
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> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: United States Senate Greenlights Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing Legislation
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> Release Date:
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> Chris Danielsen
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> United States Senate Greenlights Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing Legislation
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> National Federation of the Blind Applauds Senate Vote
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> Washington, DC (June 28, 2018): The United States Senate today provided its advice and consent for ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. The chamber also approved the treaty's implementing legislation (S. 2559), which will make modest adjustments to US copyright law to fully comply with the treaty.
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> "For more than six years, the National Federation of the Blind has worked tirelessly toward this historic day for the blind of America and the world," said Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind. "We applaud the United States Senate for providing its advice and consent for ratification of the treaty, as well as for passing S. 2559, the 'Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act'. We urge the US House of Representatives to join their Senate colleagues in swiftly passing S. 2559, so that the door to expanded literacy and access to the world's knowledge will be unlocked for millions of blind Americans."
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