[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Books encryption

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Dan and listers,

And there's the possible Assertion  that because the blind use audio books
more than the sighted that we're automatically more apt to pirate digital
books illegally. How unfortunate and vicious!

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Books encryption


I have to agree.  10 years ago when I met a fellow from Denmark during  a
DAISY presentation at C-SUN, he told me that digital audio books on CD-ROM
were
aleady available.  10 years ago!  I don't think Europeans are  more or less
prone to copying than anyone else is - and let's be frank - we're  talking
about
BOOKS HERE!!!
    Movies are duplicated, music on CDs are pirated, but has  anybody ever
heard of BOOKS being pirated? Is there a big market out there for a
narrated
version of Gravity's Rainbow?   Is Tom Clancy worried about  his books
appearing
in bazaar stalls in Manila?    Book readers  are conscientious people.  If
there's a way we can support our favorite  authors, we will.
     And given BookShare's success with the scanning  and OCRing of
copyrighted materials, why doesn't that apply to the NLS?
     It looks to me that there was a lot of unnecessary  political
anticipations going on in the development of this project.




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