[Athen] Library of Congress declares it's legal for the blind to break DRM for accessibility purposes

[Karlen Communications]

Interesting. If a book is already accessible would this exemption apply? In
other words can it be used to extract content from a DRM book that is
otherwise accessible to allow a differently accessible version?

 

Does anyone have more details on the specifics of this?

 

Cheers, Karen

 

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kelmer, Susan M.
Sent: July-29-10 9:40 AM
To: DSSHE-L at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Library of Congress declares it's legal for the blind to
break DRM for accessibility purposes

 

Didn't know if anyone read about this.  This is a huge step in the right
direction.

 

 

"Allow blind people to break locks on electronic books so that they can use
them with read-aloud software and similar aides."

 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-07-27-iphoneunlock27_ST_N.htm

 

Susan Kelmer

Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist

St. Louis Community College @ Meramec

314-984-7951

 

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