[Advocacy Advisors] Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities

[Mathieu Stumpf]

Le 2013-05-21 09:16, Mathias Schindler a écrit :
> Hi everyone,
>
> WIPO is currently negotiating a treaty to introduce a new
> limitation/exception to copyright. The German ministry of justice is
> keeping us posted with the current wording of the (still not
> finalized) treaty.
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland has not been participating in any efforts on
> this matter. We indicated to the ministry early on that we believe
> every person should be allowed to transform a published work to make
> it fit his or her current needs and that such copyright
> limitation/exception should not be restricted to visually impaired
> persons.
>
> Mathias

Isn't it a "everything or nothing" approach? Don't get me wrong : sure 
I would like to see a world where everybody can have all means to access 
culture. In fact, on this regard I completely agree with what Russell 
write in "In Praise of Idleness"[1].

Now, I wouldn't drop an ease of access for visually impaired persons 
just because I would like more for everybody.

[1] http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html

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