Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-16-Speech-4-428-375"
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"I voted in favour of Parliament’s resolution on the access of the blind to books and other printed products. Article 26 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights establishes the principle according to which the EU acknowledges and respects the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures that would ensure their autonomy, social and professional integration, and participation in community life. According to European statistics, blind and visually impaired people in the EU have a limited access to books and other printed materials due to the fact that 95% of the works published are not converted into formats accessible to them, such as Braille, audio or electronic formats.
I want to emphasise the existence of barriers preventing access on the part of visually impaired or partially blind people to copyrighted works. Therefore, we call for the creation of an online electronic book service accessible throughout the EU. Currently, there are no international legal norms that provide an exception to copyright for the cross-border distribution of certain formats adapted for visually impaired people. We urge the Council and the Commission to support a mandatory World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Treaty on copyrighted books and printed materials for the blind and visually impaired people."@en1
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