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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part2:Country studies

Croatia

Copyright

Copyright is the main problem, as no exception for the disabled has been introduced in Croatia:

• There is no regulation on legal deposit in digital or audio format (which would be the only possible way for the blind to use an item) for a small and restricted group of users
• No exception to the copyright law has been defined
• authors’ co-operation is lacking (e.g. not responding to e-mails)
• The Croatian Copyright Agency is expensive

As there is no exception to copyright legislation a contract with the rightsholder is required.