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Musician Stevie Wonder Just Calls On WIPO To Improve Books Access

By Intellectual Property Watch

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter and UN Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder today called on the governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization to create a system for copyright law to assist those with disabilities in getting access to education and reading materials. It is time to "declare a state of emergency and end the information deprivation that continues to keep the visually impaired in the dark," he told assembled delegates.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on September 20, 2010 (boomark / email).