Nice move from our politicians. At least now we can hope. We must support them in this movement.
On 4/23/10, rahul cherian <rahul.cher...@inclusiveplanet.com> wrote: >> >> The Mint, Delhi, April, 23, 2010 > > Economy and Politics Page > > Manish Ranjan and Santosh K. Joy > > New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left parties on Thursday > threatened to block an amendment to the Copyright Bill in Parliament if the > government does not make changes to safeguard the interests of the visually > impaired. > > “The discriminatory provisions of the Bill must go,” said Communist Party of > India-Marxist (CPM) leader Brinda Karat. > > Arun Jaitley, BJP member and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, > said his party was against the amendment in its current form. > > The proposed amendment makes an exception in the law to allow the conversion > of printed material in special formats like Braille and without any royalty > or licence fees. > > But many visually handicapped people have already moved on to electronic and > audio formats such as screen-reading software and digital talking books. > > The proposed Bill makes no exception for electronic formats and treats any > digital conversion without permission as a copyright violation punishable > under law. > > Rahul Cherian, a copyright lawyer working with Inclusive Planet, a > non-profit body, said the proposed amendment would deprive more than 70 > million Indians with disabilities from exercising their right to education. > > Shamnad Basheer, professor in intellectual property law at National > University of Juridical Sciences, said it was ironical that education > minister Kapil Sibal formed a sub-committee to sort out copyright issues > between Hindi film-makers and writers and lyricists, but took no initiative > to address the concerns of the visually impaired. > > *manis...@livemint.com* > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
