[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Dan and listers,

No one in this house-hold has written any letters to Congress about this
issue so no worries. I might also remind folks about what happened when
Port-A-Books were introduced by NBP in 1998. Blazie Engineering developed an
encryption scheme which only allowed them to be read using Blazie devices
leaving users of other Braille displays out in the cold. National Braille
Press didn't sell many of them due to that encryption scheme. When the
encryption scheme was removed the NBP Port-A-Books took off as they could
now be read by blind people using any Braille display. These books continue
to thrive today with little or no concerns for copyright related issues.
Here's hoping the NLS won't repeat the lessons of history.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech


Anyone who has worked with computers for any length of time knows that what
looks formidable this year is a non-issue next year - and things that looked
secure are insecure even sooner.   For whatever reason, the NLS  digital
book
process has taken 10 years and that's a aeons in computer  time.
    I have to agree that it would be unwise at this time to  bring our
family
disagreements to the congress in it's decisions to fund the  digital talking
books transition project.   It can only hurt us.   The people who are
against
it have already made up their mind. No  matter  what the issue is, if it
gets
complicated, they'd just as soon not vote for  it.
    It's fine to bang away here, but it's not okay to bring  it to the
funding process.
Dan F




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