[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Access to digital copies of books Google scanned

[joe harcz Comcast]

>From another list. But important to all blind persons and of course NFB did 
play a major role in this victory for access. As an aside this person is a 
member of ACB who recognises NFB's leading role on this important access 
issue.

Sincerely,

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Claude Everett" <ceverett at dslextreme.com>
To: "'Blind Democracy Discussion List'" <blind-democracy at octothorp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:58 AM
Subject: Access to digital copies of books Google scanned


> many may know, the NFB has spent a lot of time and> money working to gain
> access to the digital copies of books Google scanned
> for
> university libraries as part of its digital project.  Last week the courts
> ruled that providing access to these copies for disabled individuals is
> not
> an infringement of the copyright law.  Below is a link to the story as
> heard on NPR's All Things Considered on Tuesday June 10, 2014.   This link
> opens the audio file directly.
> http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2014/06/20140610_atc_book_copyright_r
> uling.mp3
>
> Regards,
> Claude Everett
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> the
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> disability
> based or other groups that are often thought to be marginalized from
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