Title Discrimination, copyright, and equality : opening the e-Book for the print-disabled / Paul Harpur

Published Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series Cambridge disability, law and policy series. Contents Cover ; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword ; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 How Technology Has Created the Possibility of Opening the Book: From Hard Copy to E-Books; Introduction; Section I The Written Form: Independent Reading Beyond the Print-Disabled; Section II Print-Disabled Reading in an Age Where E-Books Are the Norm; Section III Corporations as Gate-Keepers to the Book Famine; Conclusion 2 Access to Information Communication Technologies, Universal Design and the New Disability Human Rights Paradigm Introduced by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesIntroduction; Section I Theorising Disability; Section II Introducing the Right to Read in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Section III Analysing How the Right to Read Impacts on Rights in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Conclusion 3 The Weakening of the Exception Paradigm: The World Intellectual Property Organization Changes Path with the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print DisabledIntroduction; Section I Copyright under the Berne Convention: Facilitating the Perpetuation of Disabling Barriers and Constructing Disability Access as a Limited Exception; Section II Paradigm Shifts in International Copyright Law: The Import and Impact of the Marrakesh Treaty; Conclusion 4 The Role of Copyright Laws in Restricting Access to Information and Contributing to the Book FamineIntroduction; Section I What Does Copyright Protect?; Section II Obtaining Accessible Copies within the Copyright Regime: Licence to Exploit Works; Section III How Digital Measures Can Reduce Disability Access; Conclusion; 5 Exceptions to Rights-Holders' Exclusivity Provides Limited Relief from the Disabling Impact of Copyright; Introduction; Section I The Right to Convert Works into an Accessible Format: A Statutory Licence that Tolerates Limited Unauthorised Use to Assist the Print-Disabled Section II The Emergence of the Largest Lawful Commercial E-Book Library Collections in the World: Google Books and HathiTrustSection III The Google Books Settlement and its Rejection; Section IV Fairness in Copyright as an Enabler; Conclusion; 6 Anti-Discrimination Laws Help Protect Persons with Disabilities against Digital Disablement, but Who Qualifies for Protection?; Introduction; Section I Introducing Anti-Discrimination Laws; Section II Representations of Difference: How Does Society Draw the Line Between Temporary Able-Bodied and Disabled? Summary "While equality laws operate to enable access to information, these laws have limited power over the overriding impact of market forces and copyright laws that focus on restricting access to information. Technology now creates opportunities for everyone in the world, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, to be able to access the written word - yet the print disabled are denied reading equality, and have their access to information limited by laws protecting the mainstream use and consumption of information. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the World Intellectual Property Organization's Marrakesh Treaty have swept in a new legal paradigm. This book contributes to disability rights scholarship, and builds on ideas of digital equality and rights to access in its analysis of domestic disability anti-discrimination, civil rights, human rights, constitutional rights, copyright and other equality measures that promote and hinder reading equality"-- Provided by publisher "Laws and institutions recognised that persons with print disabilities could not read standard books printed on paper. This gave rise to an exemption in copyright laws that is analysed in chapter 5 of this monograph. Predominantly, charities that assist the blind have utilised these exemptions to provide persons with print disabilities a library of books in alternative or accessible formats. Charities, such as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and Vision Australia, have impressive catalogues of books in Braille, large print and audio cassette. Most of these works have been created by volunteers reading books onto tape, as well as scanning, editing and printing books into alternative formats"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30) Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (2013 June 27) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016053189 Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (2013 June 27) fast Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30) fast Subject Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation. People with visual disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc People with visual disabilities -- Means of communication. People with visual disabilities -- Services for. Copyright, International. Equality before the law. Human rights. Human Rights POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Copyright, International Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation Equality before the law Human rights People with visual disabilities -- Means of communication People with visual disabilities -- Services for Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108224079 1108224075 9781316340516 1316340511 1107545064 9781107545069

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