Problems with pdf files.

[Thomas Ward]

Hmmmm.... Well, I guess if they want to regulate reading a document out loud
they can add screen readers to the list, because that's exactly what they
do.
I agree. Stupid stuff like that will get the DMCA reopened, or possibly over
turned.

Hypathetically I'd like to know what they would do if a blind Windows user
sent them a nice letter stating that he used a screen reader and Adobe
Acrobat 5 to read the document. Then, ask them if they were going to
procicute because he read it out loud with his computer.

----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Shang <gshang at uq.net.au>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files.


> On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > Let's be clear about this. Whatever you read in any copyright statement
is
> > valid only if it falls within the law goveerning copyright.
>
> Definitely.   I just think it's apauling that anyone thinks that they can
> withhold such a basic right as reading aloud.
>
> > Silly statements such as the one below about reading aloud are exactly
the
> > kind of industry over-reaching that's going to get the DMCA reopened in
> > Congress one of these days.
>
> Yeah, I've been reading about mutterings along these lines for the past
few
> weeks now.  Bring it on!  IMHO, the copyright situation, particularly in
> the USA (which seems to be where it counts these days) is just crazy.  Did
> you know that if the 1998 amendment to the copyright act hadn't gone
> through that Micky Mouse would have entered the public domain next year?
> So it damned well should - they've had a long enough go at it.  But no,
> they need to tie it up for another 20 years or something.  Grrrrrr!
>
> As an aside, an article in The Australian last Monday pointed out that
> Australia's copyright laws are still life plus 50 years, instead of the
> life plus 70 adopted in the USA.  This means that, for example, all of
> George Orwell's works are now in the public domain here in Australia, and
> some are apparently on the web here.  Of course, it's only legal for
> Australians to access it.
>
> Geoff.
>
>
>
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