Audio Community Copyright Library 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. That would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a library.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Ultimately, this community should have equal access to all of the books that are needed for education, employment and social inclusion. What’s in it; what does it mean; how does it affect Bookshare members?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2015
Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2010
A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 3, 2011
The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Our innovative approach has revolutionized the traditional library for people with print disabilities.
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