[gui-talk] Google Settlement with Authors, Publishers Will Have Positive Results for the Blind

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Did it saything about the format in which the books would appear? as in 
DAISY format? This would limit the number of persons reading online to those 
with a DAISY player or software.
I wonder how this would affect bookshare.org. Those are scanned books and 
contain scan errors and the DAISY markup isn't always helpful, but the books 
are there and sometimes that is the only way to get an accessible copy.
Just musing.
--le


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Settlement with Authors,Publishers Will Have 
Positive Results for the Blind


In the article about this I read in the New York Times a day or two ago, it
said that the books under discussion in this instance aren't all books, nor
books that are for sale at Borders, Amazon or by independent bricks and
mortar booksellers. As I recall, the agreement pertains only to books that,
while still under copyright protection, are out of print and no longer
available for sale. that's not exactly what this announcement makes it sound
like.

Also, I remember reading something about how, under this system, if you find
a title in the database, you can see only a small preview of it, whether
just a passage or as much as 20 pages, depending on the outcome. I didn't
get the impression that suddenly all the books included under the agreement
would suddenly be online in their full content, as if they were Gutenberg or
Bookshare titles, available in their entirety.

I may have some things wrong, here, and I hope someone who's better informed
than I am will offer correction. thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Freeh,Jessica (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)"
<JFreeh at nfb.org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 4:29 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] Google Settlement with Authors, Publishers Will Have
Positive Results for the Blind


           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen

Public Relations Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (cell)

cdanielsen at nfb.org

Google Settlement with Authors, Publishers
Will Have Positive Results for the Blind





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