XPost: alt.disability.blind.social, misc.legal, us.legal   
   From: samuel@interfree.ca   
      
   In article , burt1iband@gmail.com   
   says...   
   > This is something worth fighting for in my humble, (or not) opinion.   
   > It's an issue that should ideally be synchronized all over the world, so   
   > that blind ppl can have access to reading material with out having to   
   > constantly worry about the pointless denial of access because of where   
   > someone lives.   
   Agreed totally!  On a slightly related note, does anyone happen to have   
   any information on how the ACTA copyright thing affects our right as   
   blind people to read and share books in alternative formats?  I've done   
   some brief research online, but most of what I'm finding is about music   
   and DRM and three strikes laws and so on.  As most of our rights to read   
   books are dependant on national copyright exemptions, how will ACTA   
   change these? While I don't support what the RIAA is trying to do, I   
   don't want to come out against ACTA if it turns out to be a huge win for   
   the international blind community; I think our right to read is far more   
   important than the rights of file sharers and music consumers.   
      
   --   
   Samuel Proulx   
   http://interfree.ca/samuelp   
      
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