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Blind people are at a distinct disadvantage and face serious challenges when it comes to reading the written word. They need written text to be rendered in Braille or in electronic form to permit a text-to-speech functionality with easy navigation across the text. Unfortunately, such adapted-for-disability-utility versions of written text are in short supply or are not always optimally operational. The international community, and more particularly the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has embraced this plight of the blind. WIPO has fathered the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Person
Blind SA, represented by the public interest organisation SECTION27, has launched a case in the high court of South Africa (Gauteng Division) against what it believes is the state’s failure to legislatively redress the outdated Copyright Act of 1978. The Act makes no provision for people with disabilities and their need to access works in accessible formats such as Braille.
Respondents to the latest court challenge by Blind SA are the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel; the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor; the speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise; the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Amos Masondo and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Deponents to Blind SA’s latest court challenge include retired Constitutional Court Justice Zak Yacoob and
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Blind SA, represented by the public interest organisation SECTION27, has launched a case in the high court of South Africa (Gauteng Division) against what it believes is the state’s failure to legislatively redress the outdated Copyright Act of 1978. The Act makes no provision for people with disabilities and their need to access works in accessible formats such as Braille.
Respondents to the latest court challenge by Blind SA are the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel; the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor; the speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise; the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Amos Masondo and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Deponents to Blind SA’s latest court challenge include retired Constitutional Court Justice Zak
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