[il-talk] message forwarded to me regarding Library of congress and accessibility

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I'm just passing the following information along.

 

Here is a link to an article with the whole set of rule changes:

 

Librarian of Congress Announces DMCA Section 1201 Rules for Exemptions
Regarding Circumvention of Access-Control Technologies

 

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-169.html

 

New DMCA Regs from The Library of Congress Digital Millennium Copyright Act
( DMCA)

 

Persons who circumvent access controls in order to engage in non-infringing
uses of works in these six classes will not be subject to the statutory
prohibition against circumvention.

 

6. Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook
editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by
authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling
either of the book's read-aloud function or of screen readers that render
the text into a specialized format.

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education
[mailto:DSSHE-L at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU] On Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M.

Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:40 AM

To: DSSHE-L at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU

Subject: Library of Congress declares it's legal for the blind to break DRM
for accessibility purposes

 

Didn't know if anyone read about this.  This is a huge step in the right
direction.

 

 

 

 

 

"Allow blind people to break locks on electronic books so that they can use
them with read-aloud software and similar aides."

 

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-07-27-iphoneunlock27_ST_N.htm

 

 

 

Susan Kelmer

 

Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist

 

St. Louis Community College @ Meramec

 

314-984-7951

 

 

 

 

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