Accessibility

The DAISY Consortium has launched a new tool, Ace, to help publishers and others in the publishing value chain evaluate whether their EPUB documents meet...

Since 27 June 2013, the date of its adoption, 33 countries have signed on to the Marrakesh Treaty. One year after...

This week I was in San José, Costa Rica, for a WIPO workshop on the Marrakesh Treaty and the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC), on 13-15...
Occasionally, copyright and the rights of disabled people are framed as somehow incompatible—as though the former may preclude the latter—but to my mind these rights...

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has released a comprehensive guide to help world publishers better understand their responsibilities under the Marrakesh Treaty for...

The IPA and its members welcome tomorrow’s entry into force of the Marrakesh Treaty and, with it, a new era of equality and inclusivity for...

An Italian project to bring ebooks to the visually impaired already has 10,000 titles from 65 publishers. We spoke to LIA's Cristina Mussinelli about the...
The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) aims to increase the number of books worldwide in accessible formats. Read all about it, and how publishers can get...

The WIPO Marrakesh Treaty references many other WIPO treaties and principles that have long been established and are hereby strengthened.

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From 18 to 28 June 2013, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will negotiate an international copyright treaty to improve access to books for persons...