[Pibe-division] can anyone provideme with information regarding the copyright law amendment of 1996 found at nols website

[David Andrews]

The 1996 amendment, the so-called Chafee Amendment is primarily aimed 
at producers like NLS, Learning Ally, Bookshare etc.  It says a 
qualified nonprofit who primarily serves the blind can put a book 
into alternative media without getting permission from the 
publisher.  They must be an appropriate not-for-profit, and they must 
certify all their users to be qualified.

I would guess that your producing an article in Braille would fall 
under fair use.



Dave

At 06:53 PM 7/25/2012, you wrote:
>Hi everyone:
>Can anyone provide me with information about the copyright law 
>amendment of 1996 that is found on the nls website. How is one able 
>to put into braille material that has been previously published in a 
>particular periodical or a book produced by publisher? If someone 
>has duxbyury braille translation software is it permissible to 
>request the reprinted from periodical or particular publisher and 
>translate the particular printed ,material into braille? Thanks for 
>any information anyone can provide me on this topic.
>Sara Rooz
>Certified Teacher of the blind and visually impaired in new York
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