Update as on May 1, 2010 After our last post on the Right to Read campaign on April 15th the copyright amendment was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on April 19th. The bad news is that the amendment still contained the same disastrous wording which would effectively prevent NGOs, educational institutions and persons with [...]
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Campaign for amendment to copyright laws in India
Posted in In the News, Inclusive Planet Updates, Policy, Right to Read, tagged amendments, blind, copyright, law, Right to Read, visually impaired on May 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Call to arms – disastrous copyright amendment for the visually impaired
Posted in Breaking Stereotypes, Right to Read, Uncategorized, tagged amendment, blind, copyright, Right to Read, visually impaired on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We are at the last leg of the Right To Read campaign. The Indian government has proposed certain amendments to the Indian Copyright Act, which will have a far reaching and severely negative impact on the lives of millions of Indians who are visually impaired, dyslexic, have cerebral palsy, etc. This amendment is scheduled to [...]
