[nabs-l] Fw: Reading Rights Coalition Denounces Random House

[Bill]

The relevant law is actually an amendment to US copyright law made in 1996.
It can be found at
http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/copyright.html
The law allows NLS and other non-profits to reproduce copyrighted works
without permission.
Public law 89-522 Extends the functionallity of NLS.  the law can be found
at,
http://www.loc.gov/nls/pl89522.html

Bill

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Sarah J. Blake <sarah at growingstrong.org>wrote:

> The important thing isn't that NLS has books published by Random House but
> what process NLS went through to get those books in its formats. What NLS
> did was authorized by an act of Congress. (Ever get tired of hearing those
> narrators say "Public Law 89-522?") The Kindle text-to-speech feature is not
> supported by such a law; so RandomHouse and other authors and publishers
> acquired the right to do what they did. There is no threat to NLS or other
> entities supported by P.L. 89-522 or similar laws.
>
> Sarah J. Blake
> Personal email: sjblake at growingstrong.org
> http://www.growingstrong.org
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