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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We can do better!

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

, thanks to our Creative Commons license. Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.

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Free Graphics Software and Images

Tech Soup

This is a round-up of some of the free graphics tools that various folks have recommended to me including some sources for copyright free images. It’s a free download for most computer OS platforms like Mac, Linux, and Windows, and is available in several languages as well. You can download all the guides here.

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