[bcab] Re: TNAUK rules!

I've always assumed that Talking Book ask you to send back the CD
because of copyright reasons. They are a library, all copyright holders
of books have agreed to waive copyright on the basis that their material
is loaned. If you didn't have to send your CD back - and I think this
would save RNIB a lot of hassle and money - the Talking Book library
would effectively be a shop where they give away books for free and with
no restriction. The library concept would die and with it the copyright
agreements to date. 

That's what I've always assumed though would be interested if someone
were to put me right. 

I also forsee an issue with downloadable books in the future. How could
there be a download library because if you download you have it for life
not a loan period. I'm guessing that Talking Book have been discussing
Digital rights Management (DRM) and it's possible your downloadable
Talking Book in a future incarnation may self destruct within 12 weeks
hence keeping the library concept intact. 

Gosh. Did all that make sense? 



















-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Wendy Sharpe
Sent: 30 November 2006 18:57
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: TNAUK rules!

Steve

I don't know if TNAUK do the same, but I do know that the Talking Book
Library send used CD's to a company which recycles them by crushing them
and re-using the material.  The library need you to send them back so
that they know to send you another book.

Wendy 

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Crawford
Sent: 30 November 2006 17:55
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: TNAUK rules!

Hi Derek,

It's a copyright issue. The deal is that you are allowed to make an
accessible version of something, in this case a newspaper, for someone
who would otherwise not be able to access it. And the big thing is that
you do not need the publisher's permission to do it. But it has to be
for the benefit of a (registered?) disabled person or particular group
of people, hence the subscriber list.

Which brings me on to a topic that nags at my environmental conscience.
Sending tapes back once you've listened to them makes sense but is there
really a point to sending back a CD? My understanding is that you order
a talking book and it arrives on CD with your name and address printed
on the CD and when you've finished you send it back. Do they rub out
your name and send the disk to the next person? Obviously not. Someone
has worked out that it's cheaper to burn a new CD each time and chuck
the old ones in the bin.
That seems like a massive waste to me and the big loser is the Post
Office who have to return the CD when it's just going to end up in the
bin. Or are the Post Office given special rights to destroy the CDs on
the return journey?

Cheers,
Steve

Azabat Software: accessible games for visually impaired beginners
Web: www.azabat.co.uk
Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: 07740 777 364

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Derek Hornby
Sent: 30 November 2006 10:45
To: Bcab@Freelists. Org
Subject: [bcab] TNAUK rules!


Hi all
Any  views on the following:

TNAUK has a rule that files supplied by them are for the use of the
subscriber only.
So basically  those that subscribe to TNAUK service  should not pass on
any  files partly, or wholly!

Now in the real world, a sighted person buys  news paper,  and is free
to pass on that paper to  whoever, what's the  difference?

Before we know were we are  we be having RNIB telling us not to pass on
Braille books or Braille  magazines! <smile> Regards, Derek

e-mail: derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx






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