[ NNSquad ] Blind advocates: Hollywood lobbying threatens deal for accessible books

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Blind advocates: Hollywood lobbying threatens deal for accessible books

http://j.mp/11q2lII  (ars technica)

    "For the last several years, negotiators at the World Intellectual
     Property Organization have been working on a copyright treaty that
     would make it easier for blind people to get accessible versions of
     books, like well-annotated audio books or large-print editions. But
     aggressive lobbying by the Motion Picture Association of America
     (MPAA), the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and other US
     copyright interests threatens to derail the negotiations, according to
     several advocates for the blind who spoke to Ars."

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