EIFL calls on Malawi: embrace spirit of Marrakesh | EIFL

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Summary:

"Leading library organizations, EIFL, AfLIA (African Library and Information Associations and Institutions) and IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), call on Malawi to embrace the spirit of the Marrakesh Treaty by dropping a legal requirement to check if a work is commercially available before an accessible format copy can be made.

An analysis by EIFL of Malawi’s copyright law, adopted in September 2016, shows that while the new law permits a range of library activities and services, complex conditions limit in practice what libraries in Malawi are permitted to do.

EIFL, AfLIA and IFLA are particularly concerned that libraries will be required to establish whether an item is commercially available before an accessible format copy can be made, restricting their ability to provide equal access to works on the same basis as those without a disability."

Link:

http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-calls-malawi-embrace-spirit-marrakesh

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Date tagged:

08/05/2017, 22:36

Date published:

08/05/2017, 18:36