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

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Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. We can do better!

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

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The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. In technical terms, this means that the next version of the DAISY format, version 4, will be the same as EPUB3, the main format used by commercial publishers of ebooks.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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federal law supports braille instruction. of legally blind children in public and residential schools used braille as their primary reading medium. We are confident that technology can continue to improve the quality of electronic braille such that a blind consumer can expect both immediate AND high quality braille on demand.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

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Benetech was a proud endorser of these objections (under our legal organizational name of Beneficent Technology, Inc.). We all want the same ebook that people without disabilities buy (sorry, I mean license) to work perfectly well for people who are blind, physically disabled or dyslexic.

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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

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This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S., or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU. Technological Protection Measures. law, plus it has import and export provisions between countries. Noteworthy Articles in the Treaty: Article 2(a). Works Covered. Articles 5 and 6.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Benetech’s Framework for Developing New Social Enterprises

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We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. copyright law.

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