#marrakesh-treaty — Public Fediverse posts
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Walled Culture the book, three years on
Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) was launched just over three years ago. A few weeks afterwards, I talked with journalist and editor Maria Bustillos about the book and its background, as part of the Internet Archive’s Book Talk series. That interview has just been added to the Future Knowledge Podcast series in a shortened form, so this seems like a good moment to […]
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https://walledculture.org/walled-culture-the-book-three-years-on/
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40 Years Of Copyright Obstruction To Human Rights And Social Justice
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The long road to Marrakesh: 40 years of copyright obstruction to human rights and social justice
One of the little-known but extremely telling episodes in the history of modern copyright, discussed in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available), concerns the Marrakesh Treaty. A post on the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) site from 2017 has a good summary of what the treaty is about, and why it is important:
It sets out exceptions and limits to copyright rules so that […]
#argentina #bangladesh #blind #brazil #canada #caterpillar #eu #germany #humanRights #ifla #implementation #jamesLove #kei #marrakeshTreaty #publishers #socialJustice #southAfrica #unesco #visuallyImpaired #wipo
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In its landmark ruling on 7 May 2025, the South African Constitutional Court has opened the doors to access to information and accessible formats for people with disabilities. It has also paved the way for South Africa to ratify the 2013 Marrakesh Treaty. Denise Rosemary Nicholson https://infojustice.org/archives/46371 #copyright #disabilityrights #humanrights #discrimination #MarrakeshTreaty
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Listening to latest updates about open access efforts at libraries of 🇸🇳 from Mandiaye Ndiaye at #eiflga23 I've also learnt about the #MarrakeshTreaty https://www.wipo.int/marrakesh_treaty/en/
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CW: Long thread/4
Hey look at this
* Revealed: The Country that Secretly Wiretapped the World for the #FBI https://www.404media.co/revealed-the-country-that-secretly-wiretapped-the-world-for-the-fbi/ (spoiler: #Lithuania)
* Celebrating Ten Years of the #MarrakeshTreaty https://www.copyright.gov/events/marrakesh-treaty-tenth-anniversary/ (h/t Proton411)
* #Gilead Delayed Introduction Of New Version of #HIV Drug, With Fewer Side Effects, Maximizing Its Patent Monopoly And Profits https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/11/gilead-delayed-introduction-of-new-version-of-hiv-drug-with-fewer-side-effects-maximizing-its-patent-monopoly-and-profits/
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Join us in celebrating the landmark #MarrakeshTreaty for persons with print disabilities, which World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO adopted ten years ago today 👏 https://www.eifl.net/blogs/celebrating-10-years-marrakesh-treaty.
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When copyright causes social injustice it takes a long and tedious fight to set things right: a prime example being the #MarrakeshTreaty
@glynmoody sets out this and many more copyright wrongdoings in #WalledCulture - the book https://walledculture.org/the-book #FreeEbook
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RT @[email protected]: #MarrakeshTreaty implementation has been completed yesterday! From now on, books, magazines and other printed material will be more easily available in accessible formats for all blind and visually impaired persons across the EU.