[Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech

[Mike Freeman]

Peter:

I believe that your interpretation of the Portabook history is wrong. I 
believe that the original incarnation failed because FS bought out 
Blazie rather than because of the inaccessibility of the encryption 
scheme.

C'est la vie.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Donahue
  To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
  Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech


  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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Peter:
 
I believe that your interpretation of the Portabook history is wrong. I believe that the original incarnation failed because FS bought out Blazie rather than because of the inaccessibility of the encryption scheme.
 
C'est la vie.
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net Peter Donahue
To:
mailto:dtb-talk at nfbnet.org Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Sent:
Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:08 PM
Subject:
Re: [Dtb-talk] NLS Digital Happenings Speech
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: < mailto:DanFlasar at aol.com DanFlasar at aol.com
>
To: < mailto:dtb-talk at nfbnet.org 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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http://www.aol.com http://www.aol.com
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