[nfbmi-talk] nfb seeks to join lawsuit

[joe harcz Comcast]

National Federation of the Blind Seeks to Join HathiTrust Defendants - The Ticker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

December 14, 2011, 2:58 pm

 

The National Federation of the Blind

has asked

a federal court to add it to the

defendants

named in a

lawsuit

brought by the Authors Guild and others against the HathiTrust digital repository and five universities. In its filing, the federation invoked the principle

of equal access to information guaranteed by the Americans With Disabilities Act. The federation said the rights of the blind people it represents would

be obstructed if the plaintiffs in the case succeeded in impounding the digital works in the trust and in preventing further digital scanning of copyrighted

material.

 

Source:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/national-federation-of-the-blind-seeks-to-join-hathitrust-defendants/39158