[bksvol-discuss] Re: Benetech official ruling on spelling mistakes
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:02:53 -0600
Hi Tony,
I wouldn't necessarily say a few words that are misscanned is totally
violating a copyright in a haneous offense. Here's an excerpt from Peter's
msg.
Ideally, we could eliminate all OCR errors, but that's along the lines of
a practical limitation, not an attempt to modify the copyrighted work.
I would also add that any publisher who has problems with us mispelling a
few words in our attempts, can shove it. Give us an electronic copy of the
original publication for our system if you are that worried as I believe
whole heartedly they should be forced to do in some form or another...then
it will be perfect.
Just my two cents worth,
Jake
PS Yes I meant to misspell misspelling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:45 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Benetech official ruling on spelling mistakes
> Hi. Actually no, in this case the guideline is not general. By changing
> the word on the page, you are changing the core content of a book. That
is
> a minimum of a copyright violation not to mention breaking publisher
> agreements etc. This is an important issue, which is why I asked for a
> more official answer in cases where there is doubt. Also, I do think that
> the tax code is already online. I know the forms are. I also know that
> the Braille Institute did make available California tax forms in Braille a
> number of years ago.
>
> At 11:23 PM 3/7/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >General guidelines are just that, general.
> >they can not cover every possible happening.
> >If they did, bookshare guidelines would be about as complex as the United
> >States tax code.
> >Anyone want to scan that?
>
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