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"content": "WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty, WIPO Copyright Treaty and the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performance. If this House approves, and by extension, ratifies this Treaty, it will allow authorised entities, usually libraries or NGOs in one country to send accessible format books directly to authorised entities or blind individuals in another country and allow for the unlocking of digital locks on electronic books for the benefit of the blind. Individuals who are blind or visually impaired are found in this country, but many of them who do not have access to reading materials are often poor. They live in rural areas and if given opportunity, many of them could go to nearby schools and institutions in order to access reading materials. As it were, the current law, that is, the Copyright Act, actually denies that. The whole idea of this Treaty is to impact Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. Once we ratify this Treaty, NGOs or individuals who are philanthropic will send materials across our borders so that they are available to blind and visually impaired individuals. Moreover, this is also a constitutional obligation under Article 27 of the Constitution of Kenya. This Article is within the Bill of Rights on access to information. Today, many individuals who are blind and visually impaired are not able to read newspapers or normal books in their current form. If we allow this law to be passed, then these materials will be put in an electronic form that will be available to them 24/7. The Marrakesh Treaty was signed in June, 2013 in Morocco, and to date it has been ratified by India, El Salvador, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uruguay, Mali, Paraguay, Singapore, Argentina, Mexico, Mongolia, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Brazil, Peru, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Israel, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala and Canada. It has been signed by over 60 countries including our country which signed it on 28th June, 2013."
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