[Bridging the Gap Between the ADA and the DMCA]

[Keith Watson]

Ann,

The url you posted below does not work for the full story. Am I 
missing something?

Keith

On 07:45 PM, Ann Parsons wrote:
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> From: Prof Norm Coombs <nrcgsh at RIT.EDU>
> Subject: Bridging the Gap Between the ADA and the DMCA
> 
> This might turn out to be very significant regarding disability
> accessibility to information technology!
> 
> There has been an unpleasant conflict growing between laws guaranteeing
> people with disabilities the right to have access to information and the
> Digital Millenium Copyright Act which aimed to protect the rights of
> authors and publishers.  It seemed that this act may seriously undercut
> what we thought we had gained in the ADA and other legal provisions.  But
> here is what looks like good news.
> 
> In the original Digital Millenium Copyright Act, (DMCA), the Library of
> Congress
> has the ability to make exemptions to provisions of this act.  Cracking
> encryption can be permitted in certain specified situations.  They just
> announced the first exemptions, and it includes cracking e-books for
> accessibility
> reasons.
> 
> Here's the specific language
> 
>         Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook
> editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by
> authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling of
> the ebook's read-aloud function and that prevent the enabling of screen
> readers to render the text into a specialized format.
> 
> For the full story, see http//www.copyright.gov/1201/
> 
> ***** Check out EASI's November short hour-long web conference clinics:
> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
> and month-long November courses:
> Barrier-free E-learning http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm
> Accessible Internet Multimedia http://easi.cc/workshops/mmedia.htm
> 
> Students and professionals have the same right to access information
> technology as does anyone else!
> 
>                                                                         ------------------------------
>                 EASI's November, month-long online courses:
> Barrier-free E-learning: http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm
> Accessible Internet Multimedia: http://easi.cc/workshops/mmedia.htm
> (a package of five courses will earn the Certificate in Accessible
> Information Technology)
> http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
> 
>                                         Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
> CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
> 22196 Caminito Tasquillo
>         Laguna Hills CA 92653
> home: (949)  855-4852
>         Cell: (949) 922-5992
> E-mail: nrcgsh at rit.edu
>                 http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh
> 
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