Discrimination, copyright, and equality
Subtitle: opening the e-book for the print-disabled
By: Paul Harpur, University of Queensland
Series: Cambridge disability law and policy series; Cambridge disability, law and policy series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781107119000
Subjects: Human rights; People with visual disabilities; Law and legislation; Equality before the law; Discrimination against people with disabilities; Means of communication; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol; Services for; International Copyright; Legal status, laws; Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. How technology has created the possibility of opening the book: from hard copy to e-books; title: 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 Disabilities; title: 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 disabled; title: 4. The role of copyright laws in restricting access to information and contributing to the book famine; title: 5. Exceptions to rights-holders' exclusivity provides limited relief from the disabling impact of copyright; title: 6. Anti-discrimination laws help protect persons with disabilities against digital disablement, but who qualifies for protection?; title: 7. Causing digital disablement is not a trigger for regulation by anti-discrimination laws: ignoring capacity in favour of prescribed relationships; title: 8. The prohibition against discrimination: regulating for equality through retrofitting inaccessible systems; title: 9. Introducing positive duties in promoting equality outcomes for persons with disabilities: the United Kingdom Public Sector Equality Duty reducing digital disablement; title: 10. The right to digital equality in action: protections under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and human rights acts; title: 11. United States regulatory interventions targeting disability inclusive digital environments; title: 12. The enforcement of legal duties: protecting copyright or promoting reading equality?; title: Closing thoughts and new options to reduce digital disablement.