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Abstract ＆ Presentation :
Abstract ＆ Presentation :
The Marrakesh Treaty is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is a division in WIPO to facilitate implementation of the Treaty. There are three main activities of the ABC:
- Facilitate and encourage inclusive publishing
- ABC Global Books Service
- Capacity building of all stake holders in developing countries to be able to participate in global effort to end book famine for persons with print disabilities under the legal framework prescribed in the Marrakesh Treaty
One of the key provisions of the Treaty is international exchange of the accessible format books among Authorised Entities under exception or under the license from the right owners. ABC has put up a mechanism to enable this exchange called the ABC Global Books Service.
ABC Global Books Service has the following functions :
- Onboarding of Authorised Entities from various countries
- Ingest catalogues of accessible format books of the Authorised Entities to create a global common catalogue of accessible format books.
- Creation and maintenance of software platform for global accessible books library and to enable international exchange of accessible format books.
- Acquiring license and permission for international exchange of books from the right owners if an accessible format books is to be provided to or provided by an Authorised Entity from non-Marrakesh-compliant country
Some important facts related to international exchange under Marrakesh Treaty :
- If the exchange has to happen between country A and country B, then :
- If both countries are Marrakesh compliant countries, then permission or license from the right owner is not required.
- If any one of the countries A or B is a Marrakesh non-compliant country, then permission from the right owner is still required.
- Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty is not enough to be identified as Marrakesh compliant country. It is also essential to have specific legal provision in the country for the exception from copyright for production of books in accessible format and also for import and export of accessible format books.
3.1_1+1 makes 1 or 2, Dipendra Manocha.pdfBio :
Bio :
Dipendra Manocha is the Director developing countries program of the DAISY Consortium that works towards providing publications in accessible formats to the persons with print disability. He has lead several capacity building programs of the Accessible Books Consortium (WIPO). He is an Ashoka fellow, honorary founder Trustee of Saksham Trust, and Honorary president of the DAISY Forum of India and National Association for the Blind (Delhi state branch). He has also worked as a consultant to Delhi University for establishing the resource center for persons with disabilities. He also worked as Assistant Project Manager of the DAISY For All Project under Mr Hiroshi Kawamura.
* Following the conventions of the IFLA WLIC Program, all honorifics are omitted in the Program.
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