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

James Pepper b75205 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 6 05:57:40 UTC 2009


Here is the law:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
106<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000106----000-.html>,
it is not an infringement of copyright for an authorized entity to reproduce
or to distribute copies or phonorecords of a previously published,
nondramatic literary work if such copies or phonorecords are reproduced or
distributed in specialized formats exclusively for use by blind or other
persons with disabilities.
(b) (1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section applies shall— (A) not
be reproduced or distributed in a format other than a specialized format
exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities;
(B) bear a notice that any further reproduction or distribution in a format
other than a specialized format is an infringement; and
(C) include a copyright notice identifying the copyright owner and the date
of the original publication.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to standardized,
secure, or norm-referenced tests and related testing material, or to
computer programs, except the portions thereof that are in conventional
human language (including descriptions of pictorial works) and displayed to
users in the ordinary course of using the computer programs.



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