Below are several links to recent Huffington Post articles about the WIPO negotiations for a treaty on copyright exceptions for blind persons.
The first is a link to my report for HuffPo on the April 2013 negotiations, which have not gone well. The blog includes a discussion of some of the changes in key provisions of the text over time, and the recent quite harmful MPAA lobbying efforts.
- April 23, 2013, 7:12 am. James Love. Disney, Viacom and Other MPAA Members Join Book Publishers to Weaken a Treaty for the Blind, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/disney-viacom-and-other-m_b_3137653.html
This was followed by a response from Chris Dodd, also on the Huffpo, published later the same day.
- April 23, 2013, 4:46 pm. Chris Dodd. MPAA Supports Meaningful Treaty for Visually Impaired. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-dodd/mpaa-supports-meaningful_b_3141781.html
I responded to Chris Dodd on April 24.
- April 24, 2013. James Love. The MPAA, Disney and Blind People: Data Point for Campaign Finance Reform and the Weakness of Human Character. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/the-mpaa-disney-and-blind_b_3146665.html
In May, Jim Fruchterman, the CEO of Bookshare,Org, wrote this op-ed:
- May 7, 2013. Jim Fruchterman, Poisoning the Treaty for the Blind. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-fruchterman/poisoning-the-treaty-for-_b_3225181.html