MONGOLIA INTENDS TO RATIFY MARRAKESH VIP TREATY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet meeting on Monday discussed and backed a draft law on ratifying the Marrakesh VIP Treaty, and then decided to submit it to parliament. The Marrakesh VIP Treaty, formally the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities, is a treaty signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 28 June 2013. The treaty focuses on copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. It sets a norm for countries ratifying the treaty to have a domestic copyright exception covering these activities, and allowing for the import and export of such materials.