[bcab] Re: TNAUK rules!

Hi,

I receive a magazine from TNAUK on audio cd and pay extra for the cd version
as compared with the audio tape.

The cds come in a thin paper envelope and I understood that as I was being
asked to pay a small extra charge and the envelope is non-returnable that
TNAUK did not want the cds back.  I haven't been sending them back and have
received no complaint from TNAUK.

1.  Am I acting correctly?

2.  I understand from an earlier thread that there is an organisation who
will re-cycle these cds.  Do they have a minimum number they would like to
receive at any one time, and can I send the discs to them under an AFB
label?

Richard

Richard West - +44(0)1603 423144
                      - rwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Crawford <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:54 PM
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
>


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