[bksvol-discuss] Re: International issues and building the global library
- From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:24:15 -0800
I know this is a little late on this topic but sitting here drinking coffee
and getting caught up.
As a legally blind person we are allowed to use scanned books for access
reasons. Now if I scan a book and send it to a sighted person I believe the
disclaimers at the beginning of all books that this work cannot be
duplicated etc, etc would apply. It seems that we can use our scans to make
the information available to blind persons but not to sighted persons.
Katie Hill
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I don't think you're misinterpreting. Jim was pretty clear that we can't
submit our scans that we send to bookshare anywhere that is illegal.
However, my understanding is that it wasn't for ownership reasons, but
rather so that anyone checking illegal services out won't find an exact copy
of a book that is on bookshare. The problem is that there is no way to prove
that the book on the illegal site wasn't gotten from bookshare itself, if
the files are identical.
I don't like it either, for the same reasons discussed here. I'm just
clarifying, and like it or not, I do understand it.
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From: "Sarah J. Blake" <sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 4:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: International issues and building the global
library
Hi, Jim.
Thanks for communicating with us about your work on the international issue.
You said:
<<
I hear these bogus excuses that we aren't working on it, that we don't care.
>>
In many cases these aren't intended to be bogus excuses. Most people
probably are very unaware of what Bookshare's plans for the future are.
Without being aware, it really can come across that nothing is being done.
Many of those comments come to me from people who buy products that have
Bookshare access bundled but find that they aren't eligible because they
live in the wrong country. These people become naturally very resentful. I
would, too: here was my hope built up of being able to access titles, and
it's dashed to bits all because I live in the wrong country. I can
understand the sentiment quite easily.
I can also understand the confusion over what constitutes a "Bookshare book"
and the issues surrounding limiting what people do with their scans. If
another legitimate service popped up somewhere, would we be prevented from
submitting our scans there? I have to admit that I'm a bit unsettled at this
point by some of the implications of what I'm reading here. There seems to
be an ownership of our scans implied beyond the issue of pirate sites. I am
troubled by this concept. I can understand the concept of protecting a book
that is Bookshare-downloaded in the same way that you wouldn't want a
submission that comes from NLS. I do have a problem with the concept that we
could not take the original scan and submit it, and I would appreciate
having that clarified as well. Perhaps I am misreading because I have a
tendency to interpret things too literally. I hope so.
Sarah J. Blake
sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.growingstrong.org
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