WIPO杂志，2018年第1期（2月）

No. 1 The Accessible Books Consortium:what it means for publishers Can the monkey selfie case teachus anything about copyright law? p. 22 p. 2 p. 40 Table of Contents 2The Accessible Books Consortium: what it means for publishers9Signal piracy: a threat to Asia-Pacific broadcasters15A fresh look at the Olympic properties22eSport: everything to play for30Blockchain and IP law: a match made in crypto heaven?35A toast to Ya Kun’s IP-driven success40Can the monkey selfie case teach us anything aboutcopyright law?47Grumpy cat: the the kitty who grew a businessempire with IP rights Editor:Catherine Jewell © WIPO, 2018 Attribution 3.0 IGOlicense (CC BY 3.0 IGO) The user is allowed to reproduce, distrib-ute, adapt, translate and publicly performthis publication, including for commercialpurposes, without explicit permission,provided that the content is accompa-nied by an acknowledgement that WIPOis the source and that it is clearly indi-cated if changes were made to the orig-inal content. Adaptation/translation/derivatives shouldnot carry any official emblem or logo,unless they have been approved and val-idated by WIPO. Please contact us viatheWIPO websiteto obtain permission. When content published by WIPO, suchas images, graphics, trademarks orlogos, is attributed to a third party, theuser of such content is solely respon-sible for clearing the rights with theright holder(s). To view a copy of this license, please visithttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo Acknowledgements:2Monica Halil Lövblad, Accessible Books Consortium Secretariat, WIPO9Carole Croella, Copyright Law Division, WIPO30Yoshiyuki Takagi, Global Infrastructure Section,David Muls, Brandsand Designs Sector,Kevin Fitzgerald, Office of the Director General,David King, Copyright and Creative Industries Sector, WIPO35Peter Willimott, WIPO Singapore Office40Paolo Lanteri, Copyright Law Division, WIPO Cover images:Left to right: © Blizzard Entertainment,Inc. All Rights Reserved; Model-la/iStock / Getty Images Plus; © DavidSlater / Wildlife Personalities LtdMain image: © International OlympicCommittee. All rights reserved The Accessible BooksConsortium: what itmeans for publishers ByCatherine Jewell,Communications Division, WIPO Since its launch in June 2014, the WIPO-led Accessible Books Consortium(ABC) has been working to boost access to publications for people whoare blind or visually impaired. The aim is for publishers around the world toproduce works that are “born accessible” so that they can be used directlyby both sighted and print-disabled readers. Above right: Michiel Kolman, SeniorVice-President of Information IndustryRelations at Elsevier and President of theInternational Publishers Association (IPA). Michiel Kolman, Senior Vice-President of Information Industry Relations atElsevier (Netherlands) and current President of the International PublishersAssociation (IPA), and Hugo Setzer, CEO of Manual Moderno (Mexico) andIPA Vice-President, share their views on what this aspect of the ABC’s workmeans for publishers. Above left: Hugo Setzer, CEO of ManualModerno and Vice-President of the IPA. Why is the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) important? Michiel Kolman: When it comes to accessible publishing the ABC is theway forward. Now that the legal framework of the Marrakesh (VIP) Treaty isin place and more countries are signing up to it, we have to focus on pro-ducing books in accessible formats and making them widely available. Thatis where the ABC comes in. And that’s why we need as many publishers aspossible to sign up to the ABC-sponsored Charter for Accessible Publishingso that we can really boost the number and range of works in accessibleformats like braille and large print. Hugo Setzer: My company, Manual Moderno, has just signed the ABCCharter for Accessible Publishing. We are a mid-size Mexican medical pub-lisher. We believe the Marrakesh Treaty and the ABC are extremely important.Less than 10 percent of all publications produced every year are available inaccessible formats, yet according to the World Blind Union there are around253 million people globally who are visually impaired and need works inaccessible formats. That is why it is so important that we publishers engage About the Accessible BooksConsortium (ABC) The ABC aims to increase the number of books worldwidein accessible formats (braille, audio and large print) andto make them available to people who are blind, visuallyimpaired or otherwise print disabled. in the process of making our publications accessible.And even if publishers are not yet ready to sign the ABCCharter, they can still support the initiative by expeditingcopyright clearances requested by the ABC Global BookService to facilitate the cross-border exchange of booksin accessible formats. Launched in June 2014, the ABC is an alliance led by WIPOand includes advocacy organizations, authors, libraries forthe blind, publishers and standards bodies. Partners include the World Blind