[Nfbf-l] Treaty for Blind people will allow access to more books! If USA ...

Tue Nov 27 16:24:35 UTC 2012

To my understanding the NFB is a member of the World Blind Union.

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> From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
> To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:23:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Treaty for Blind people will allow access to more books! If USA ...
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> 
> Does this mean that the NFB doesn't support the Word Treaty, or this our government saying this, it is a little confusing to me.
> Please, let me know.
> Thank you.
> 
> Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY State
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> Cheryl Echevarria, Ownerhttp://www.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations@echevarriatravel.comhttp://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
> 2012 Norwegian Cruise Line University Advisory Board Member.
> Echevarria Travel and proud member of the National Federation of the Blind will be holding a year round fundraiser for the http://www.NFBNY.org after Hurricane Sandy and other resources. Any vacation package booked between November 6 2012-November 6, 2013 and vacation must be traveled no later than 12/30/2014 a percentage of my earnings will go to the affiliate.  Also is you book a Sandals for couples or Beaches for families and friends resorts vacation, $100.00 per booking will go to the affiliate as well.  You do not need to be a member of the NFB.org, just book through us.
> Thank you.
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> > From: adicey at bellsouth.net
> > To: ;
> > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:54:06 -0500
> > Subject: [Nfbf-l] Treaty for Blind people will allow access to more books!	If USA ...
> > 
> > European Blind Union Press release
> > Paris, November 26, 2012
> > WIPO Negotiations Treaty for Blind people
> > Talks in the balance: EU backs treaty leaving USA isolated
> > Geneva, 25.11.2012 - A four year UN negotiation on a new World Intellectual 
> > Property Organization (WIPO) treaty for people who are blind or have other 
> > print disabilities hangs in the balance. Will the world seize the 
> > opportunity to make it legal for blind people to share books across borders?
> > 
> > WBU delegates attended the negotiations which took place between 19 and 23 
> > November in Geneva.
> > WBU said that negotiators from all parts of the world worked hard on the 
> > treaty in SCCR25 and they welcomed this. WBU delegates were also cheered by 
> > the EU declaration on the first day of the session that it is now willing to 
> > back a binding treaty. The EU had vehemently opposed a treaty not long ago, 
> > so this is a very significant result of the advocacy of users and the 
> > European Parliament on this matter.
> > 
> > Dan Pescod, who leads WBU's European campaign for the treaty, explained:
> > "We have campaigned for years with hundreds of members of the European 
> > Parliament to get EU backing for a treaty. This is a significant and welcome 
> > step forward, but the EU needs now to ensure it supports the human rights of 
> > blind people to access information. It should do this by negotiating a 
> > simple and workable treaty."
> > 
> > The USA delegation still has not pronounced the word "treaty" at these
> > negotiations. It is now the only major negotiator not to do so. WBU
> > pointed out this fact on the last day of the meeting in their closing
> > remarks.
> > Maryanne Diamond, leader of the WBU delegation, commented:
> > "I had to point out the omission of the word "treaty" from the warm words of 
> > the US head of delegation. The USA has had time decide its position on a 
> > treaty- it is now high time it made its support clear".
> > 
> > With the WIPO "Extraordinary General Assembly" in three week's time tasked 
> > with agreeing the nature of the new law (treaty or non-binding soft law), 
> > the nature of that law is a pressing concern for disability activists. 
> > Historically, WIPO only deals in treaties to protect publishers' rights. WBU 
> > is urging negotiators to afford them the same level of protection for the 
> > human rights of blind people.
> > 
> > Some negotiators, including a few EU member states, still seem to be pushing 
> > issues which deal more with rights holder concerns than those of the blind 
> > and print disabled people this treaty is supposed to serve.
> > 
> > 
> > Rahul Cherian, from Indian WBU member Inclusive Planet, said:
> > "The objective of this treaty must be that of helping blind and print 
> > disabled people to get accessible format books, especially in developing 
> > countries. To achieve this goal, it must be workable, simply worded and 
> > effective for blind and print disabled people and their organizations to 
> > use. The heart of the treaty is cross-border sharing of works. We will push 
> > hard to ensure that the provisions on this matter are clear and simple."
> > 
> > Chris Friend, head of WBU's Right to Read campaign, added:
> > "We need those provisions to clearly permit cross-border sharing of 
> > accessible books both between organisations and directly from organisations 
> > to blind or print disabled individuals. We reject complicated requirements 
> > for checks on whether the books are commercially available. Such procedures 
> > would sacrifice the usability of the treaty on the altar of publisher 
> > reassurance."
> > Friend further commented:
> > "We are hopeful that the negotiations will still lead to a binding and 
> > useful treaty in 2013. The goodwill exists to get the job done. The momentum 
> > of the recent negotiations must not be lost."
> > 
> > Background
> > 
> > An end to the "book famine"
> > 
> > Even in 2012, blind people and others living with a print disability such as 
> > those with dyslexia still have very limited access to books. Only some 7% of 
> > published books are ever made accessible (in formats such as Braille, audio 
> > and large print) in the richest countries, and less than 1% in poorer ones. 
> > This is a "book famine".
> > 
> > An international treaty for blind people
> > The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) makes treaties and other 
> > international laws on copyright
> > Back in 2009 the World Blind Union, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay proposed a 
> > WIPO treaty to help relieve the book famine in which fewer than 1% of books 
> > are published accessibly in developing countries, and only some 7% in the 
> > most developed.
> > 
> > Briefly, the new treaty would:
> > Allow specialist organizations to make accessible copies of books in all 
> > signatory countries
> > Make it legal to send accessible books across national borders
> > Still respect copyright law: it is not an attack on publishers!
> > Make more books available for blind people
> > About WBU
> > 
> > The World Blind Union (WBU) is the internationally recognized organization, 
> > representing the 285 million blind and partially sighted persons in 190 
> > member countries.  We are the Voice of the Blind, speaking to governments 
> > and international bodies on issues concerning blindness and visual 
> > impairments in conjunction with our members. For further information, please 
> > visit:
> > 
> > www.worldblindunion.org
> > 
> > Contacts
> > 
> > Chris Friend, Chair, WBU right to read campaign
> > cfriend at sightsavers.org
> > +44 7919 552 170
> > 
> > Dan Pescod, Vice Chair, WBU right to read campaign
> > Dan.pescod at rnib.org.uk
> > +44 207 391 2009
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > With Best Regards,
> > Alan Dicey
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