[bksvol-discuss] Re: question re international membership
- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:37:09 -0400
Hi Jesse,
Thanks for responding to my question. I'm pleased to see that Bookshare has
tried to be involved in starting similar organizations in other countries, and
I can certainly imagine that start-up funds would be limited. I would think
that another issue would also be that most people are not likely to have ready
access to a PC and scanner in their homes, which would make it dificult to
build up a sizable collection of books.
Please let me know if you are aware of any way in which I can become involved
in any efforts to increase access for the print-disabled in developing
countries. As i mentioned to Allison in another email, I am working with a
blind youth in an orphanage in Mexico, and it saddens me greatly that he and
others like him can't access the books in the bookshare collection. As you can
imagine, this would be such a boon for him, as he doesn't have either the
financial resources to buy books or access to a library from which he could
borrow them. We here in the U.S. have so much, we just can't begin to imagine
how very, very lucky we are.
Take care,
donna
----- Original Message -----
From: Jesse Fahnestock
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question re international membership
Donna:
The ideal would be to get the copyright offices of various nations with
Chafee-like laws to cooperate and allow sharing across borders. But that's not
something that Bookshare.org has a lot of power to change -- we're a small
technology developing nonprofit, as opposed to a large advocacy organization,
which would really need to tackle that. That said, we put in a good word
whenever international bodies begin discussing copyright exemptions! The other
thing we've tried to do is to start replications of the service from scratch in
other countries. In those cases the challenge is mainly financial --
organizations in other countries need the startup money to make Bookshare.xx
happen.
jesse.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:49 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question re international membership
Hi all,
I have a question, probably for one of the powers that be at Bookshare. I
am wondering about the situation of international visitors/members. Is that
situation likely to change, i.e. is bookshare working on anything, if in fact
there is anything they can do, that would allow people from other countries to
access copyrighted books? I know that what Bookshare can do is restricted by
the limitations of copyright law, but if there is anything that can be done, it
would sure be nice if people in other countries, some of whom have very limited
access to braille and recorded materials, could get access to this collection.
Best,
Donna
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