<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://58/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Susan,<div><br></div><div>You can take a look at the list of court cases on the ATHEN site:</div><div><a href="http://athenpro.org/content/legal-news">http://athenpro.org/content/legal-news</a></div><div><br></div><div>The CSU Fullerton case, the UC Berkeley case, and the Florida State University case are relevant to alternate format production. Also, although a bit dated, I think the 1996 OCR investigation of the California Community Colleges has some language that is still relevant (i.e., use of the term effective communication).</div><div><br></div><div>There may be others, but these are the ones that jump to mind with respect to alternate format production.</div><div><br></div><div>The only other case I can think of that is recent would be the Author's Guild vs. Hathi Trust (<a href="https://www.eff.org/cases/authors-guild-v-hathitrust">https://www.eff.org/cases/authors-guild-v-hathitrust</a>). Check out the Opinion Granting Summary Judgement of Fair Use [PDF] as the judge includes a transformative use of creating accessible versions of the scanned materials.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Sean</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 22, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Susan Kelmer <<a href="mailto:Susan.Kelmer@Colorado.EDU">Susan.Kelmer@Colorado.EDU</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Looking for info on court cases that fell in our favor regarding the production of alternate format for students. I know there was a relatively recent case but can’t put my finger on it. One of my law students is working on a project and was asking me questions.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>Alternate Format Coordinator<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>Disability Services<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>University of Colorado Boulder<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>107 UCB<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>Boulder, CO 80309<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i>303-735-4836<o:p></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>athen-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; ">athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline; ">http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>