Audio Industry Law Library 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 17, 2015
As the nonprofit operator of Bookshare ,the world’s largest online library for people who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, or have a physical disability that prevents them from reading books, Benetech strongly recommends the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. The publishing industry has come out in favor of the treaty.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? civil rights laws succeeds, people with disabilities will be yet again be denied equality.' You might ask: why would an organization that in many ways provides a competitive alternative to e-readers object to e-readers being exempted from accessibility requirements?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
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. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. I actually think they’re getting less by stopping people from buying ebooks who are unlikely to buy audio books at higher prices. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. national experience.
Byte Technology
OCTOBER 7, 2019
According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw, its researchers counted a whopping 5,592 ADA Title III lawsuit filings within the first six months of 2019! This law ensures that information is available to those with disabilities. AA standards, which includes captioning and audio description requirements. Museums, libraries, and zoos.
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