[blindlaw] Accessible legislation/law beyond 17 U.S.C. § 121

[Philip Breeze]

This sounds like a job for Itunes or Google Books.  If every book could be
may accessible online in auditory format for a small fee it would amount to
one large helpful project.  Does anybody have any connections?

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Patrick H. Stiehm <stiehm.law at juno.com>wrote:

> A careful reading of 17 U.S.C. § 121, results in the realization of how
> truly narrow in scope this exception to the copyright protection is.
> Once you get beyond the question of textbooks i and the other rather
> limited number of materials the statute covers you have a broader
> question of copyright infringement.
>
> For example, suppose I buy the latest Tom Clancy thriller in paperback,
> cut it up, run it through my scanner and convert it to a PDF document.
> After it's in PDF format by use Natural Reader to convert it to a
> recorded format. I then listened to the book in that recorded format
> (MP3).  Have I violated the copyright with respect to the Tom Clancy
> book.
>
> Beyond what I have described, assume that after I am done with it I then
> give the book in this recorded format to a friend to listen to.  Is there
> a copyright violation at that point.
>
> I'm relatively certain that if I start to sell my MP3 files for people to
> listen to the book I am violating the copyright. What if I simply put it
> up on the web for people to download and enjoy, without my charging for
> it.  Is there a violation?
>
> Is there anybody on the list that has worked in the copyright area that
> is comfortable addressing these questions? I think we should all find
> this of interest.
>
> Patrick H. Stiehm
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