The Marrakesh Treaty: Fixing International Copyright Law for the Benefit of the Visually Impaired Persons
Lida Ayoubi · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2015
This paper argues that the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled is consistent with the international copyright law regime. The paper focuses on the relationship between the Marrakesh Treaty and the Three-Step-Test that governs adoption of limitations and exceptions to copyrights. The paper discusses the three limbs of the Test, as established in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and later incorporated in other copyright treaties such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Finally, the paper suggests that to ensure equal access to copyright works for the blind and visually impaired, countries should adopt the Marrakesh Treaty that complements the Three-Step-Test.