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

[Andre Hill]

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Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: United States Senate Greenlights
Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing Legislation
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Release Date:

Thursday, June 28, 2018



Category:

National



Chris Danielsen

Director of Public Relations

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

cdanielsen at nfb.org



*United States Senate Greenlights Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing
Legislation*



National Federation of the Blind Applauds Senate Vote



*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.



"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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*About the National Federation of the Blind*



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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. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.



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