The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee is finally preparing to decide on its negotiating position for implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty and is due to vote on 23 March on introduction of an exemption to copyright and the circulation of items for the visually-impaired.
The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted in 2013 under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). It aims to facilitate access for the blind and partially-sighted to a wider choice of books...