Jody wrote:

"Maybe we should all contact RFB&D and tell them that they are placing an 
undue hardship on many readers."

Amen! I readily acknowledge a great debt to RFB&D for making it possible to 
attend both college and law school, but I think they've gone way overboard 
with their protocol for guarding against piracy, etc. There's nothing in the 
copyright law that requires RFB&D, or any other entity providing copyrighted 
material to the blind in an alternative format, to guarantee that sufch 
content cannot, or will not, be misused. I think it is only necessary that 
such entities demonstrate that they have taken reasonable steps to safeguard 
the copyright. RFB&D's scheme goes way beyond this, and does, as asserted, 
impose an undue and unnecessary burden on patrons.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody W Ianuzzi" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 11:14 AM
Subject: [VICUG-L] RFB&D


> Hi again Ross and all,
>
> Maybe we should all contact RFB&D and tell them that they are placing an
> undue hardship on many readers.  Up until now it was possible to read 
> RFB&D
> books at no cost using the NLS player.  If they are requiring an 
> investment
> of their readers in order to read their books then it is unreasonable.
>
>
> JODY
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