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Stevie Wonder lobbies UN over audiobooks for the visually impaired

Singer offers to perform an 'incredible concert' if copyright law is changed – but threatens to 'write a song about what you didn't do' if notStevie Wonder has become a copyright crusader, lobbying the UN's intellectual property division for better access to audiobooks.In a speech to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the singer called for unified copyright rules that would improve audiobook access for visually impaired people.More than 300m people "live in the dark" and want...

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10:40 on September 21 2010

Stevie Wonder lobbies UN over audiobooks for the visually impaired

Guardian Music — Singer offers to perform an 'incredible concert' if copyright law is changed – but threatens to 'write a song about what you didn't do' if notStevie Wonder has become a... more info

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15:11 on September 20 2010

Stevie Wonder - Wonder Backs Books Campaign

ContactMusic — STEVIE WONDER is leading a campaign to translate billions of books into a readable format for blind people.The Superstition hitmaker, who has been visually impaired... more info

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12:04 on September 20 2010

7. Stevie Wonder to UN: Ease copyrights for the blind

Star Online, Malaysia — GENEVA (AP) - Stevie Wonder wants global copyright overseers to help blind and visually impaired people access billions of science, history and other books they cannot re... more info

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04:36 on September 21 2010

Motown legend Stevie Wonder: Open books to blind

Detroit Free Press — Stevie Wonder is urging the United Nations' 184-nation World Intellectual Property Organization to stop squabbling and agree on a copyright pact to help blind and vi... more info

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