On June 30, 2014, India became the first to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. According to a press release, more than seventy-five World Intellectual Property Organization member states have signed the Treaty. The treaty, adopted on June 27, 2013, “require[s] its contracting parties to adopt national law provisions that permit the reproduction, distribution and making available of published works in accessible formats—such as Braille—through limitations and exceptions to the rights of copyright rightholders.”