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

[Angie Matney]

It=20seems=20to=20me=20that=20Sec.=20107=20would=20permit=20the=20reproduc=
tion=20of=20the=20book=20in=20mp3=20format=20for=20the=20personal=20use=20=
of=20the=20owner:

=A7107.=20=20=20Limitations=20on=20exclusive=20rights:=20Fair=20use
Notwithstanding=20the=20provisions=20of=20sections=20106=20and=20106A,=20t=
he=20fair=20use=20of=20a=20copyrighted=20work,=20including=20such=20use=20=
by=20reproduction=20in=20copies=20or=20phonorecords=20or=20by=20any=20othe=
r=20means=20specified=20by=20that=20section,=20for=20purposes=20such=20as=20=
criticism,=20comment,=20
news=20reporting,=20teaching=20(including=20multiple=20copies=20for=20clas=
sroom=20use),=20scholarship,=20or=20research,=20is=20not=20an=20infringeme=
nt=20of=20copyright.=20In=20determining=20whether=20the=20use=20made=20of=20=
a=20work=20in=20any=20particular=20case=20is=20a=20fair=20use=20the=20fact=
ors=20to=20be=20considered=20shall=20
include=20=14
(1)=09the=20purpose=20and=20character=20of=20the=20use,=20including=20whet=
her=20such=20use=20is=20of=20a=20commercial=20nature=20or=20is=20for=20non=
profit=20educational=20purposes;
(2)=09the=20nature=20of=20the=20copyrighted=20work;
(3)=09the=20amount=20and=20substantiality=20of=20the=20portion=20used=20in=
=20relation=20to=20the=20copyrighted=20work=20as=20a=20whole;=20and
(4)=09the=20effect=20of=20the=20use=20upon=20the=20potential=20market=20fo=
r=20or=20value=20of=20the=20copyrighted=20work.
The=20fact=20that=20a=20work=20is=20unpublished=20shall=20not=20itself=20b=
ar=20a=20finding=20of=20fair=20use=20if=20such=20finding=20is=20made=20upo=
n=20consideration=20of=20all=20the=20above=20factors.

True--you're=20not=20contemplating=20using=20the=20book=20for=20an=20educa=
tional=20purpose.=20But=20assuming=20you=20aren't=20distributing=20the=20r=
esulting=20mp3,=20there's=20absolutely=20no=20effect=20on=20the=20market,=20=
and=20I=20believe=20you=20could=20make=20a=20good=20case=20that=20the=20pu=
rpose=20and=20character=20
of=20the=20use=20(making=20the=20book=20accessible)=20is=20something=20tha=
t=20should=20be=20supported=20by=20public=20policy.

Angie