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

[Kelmer, Susan M.]

Honestly, I don't know, Karen.  I wish I knew more.  The wordage
directly from the Library of Congress is more specific, but I just
scanned it and didn't deep-read it.  Most of the media out there picked
up on the "users can legally jailbreak their devices" ruling and not the
others.  

 

Susan Kelmer

Lab Coordinator/AT Specialist

St. Louis Community College @ Meramec

314-984-7951

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Karlen Communications
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:51 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] Library of Congress declares it's legal for the
blindto break DRM for accessibility purposes

 

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
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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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