Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled

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The Marrakesh Treaty is an international copyright agreement that requires countries to create exceptions and limitations enabling the production and cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of books and other works for people who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international copyright treaty
abbreviation MVT
administeredBy World Intellectual Property Organization
adoptedBy diplomatic conference convened by WIPO
adoptedIn Marrakesh
aimsTo address the global book famine for print-disabled persons
facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled
appliesTo books
other literary works
beneficiaries persons who are blind
persons who are otherwise print disabled
persons with visual impairments
characterizedAs human rights–oriented copyright treaty
dateAdopted 2013-06-27
defines authorized entities that serve beneficiaries
enteredIntoForce 2016-09-30
field copyright law
international intellectual property law
geographicalScope global
hasProvision Article 4 on national exceptions and limitations
Article 5 on cross-border exchange of accessible format copies
Article 6 on importation of accessible format copies
Article 7 on obligations concerning technological measures
Article 8 on respect for privacy
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature multilateral treaty
negotiatedUnder auspices of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
obligesStatesTo allow authorized entities to make accessible format copies without authorization of the rightsholder
allow export of accessible format copies to other contracting parties
allow import of accessible format copies from other contracting parties
openedForSignature 2013-06-27
partOf international copyright system
placeSigned Marrakesh
surface form: Marrakesh, Morocco
protectsInterestOf persons with print disabilities over exclusive rights of copyright holders
relatedTo Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
WIPO Copyright Treaty
requires cross-border exchange of accessible format copies
limitations and exceptions to copyright for accessible format copies
requiresImplementationBy contracting parties
shortName Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marrakesh Treaty
subject access to published works
disability rights
supports right to read for persons with disabilities
typeOfException mandatory minimum exceptions for beneficiaries

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WIPO-administered treaties includes Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
WIPO member states canJoin Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled shortName Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marrakesh Treaty