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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We did some exploration of the likely impacts on the market for audio books: that seems to be one of the major policy concerns about the text-to-speech issue. The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team).

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Breaking News on the Global Treaty from Kareem Dale

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon and I had the pleasure to meet today with Kareem Dale, the special assistant to the president for disability policy. We must create and develop policies that ensure everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities. Really exciting.

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