[bksvol-discuss] Re: Out Sourcers
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:20:06 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Christina,
You're right with your explanation but there's another wrinkle that you might
be unaware of. As you said, anyone anywhere can download public domain books,
they're available to everyone in the world.
We have another designation that's called world-wide access. If someone outside
the US joins Bookshare (having a qualifying disability), that person can
download books that have world-wide permissions, but they can't download books
with US-only permissions. Several publishers have given us world-wide
permissions for their books. Scholastic, for example, has told us that whenever
we put a book published by Scholastic into the collection, we can mark it as
having world-wide permissions. So blind children around the world can read
books by Scholastic, providing that their parents or teachers signed them up of
course.
And we have some books that are restricted so that only Americans and Canadians
can read them, but no one else. There's a variety of permissions available,
because some publishers want to restrict their books to certain countries.
Copyright law is complex enough within the US, but when you add on the
copyright laws from the 100+ countries around the world, it's a nightmare. We
have to remain within all US copyright laws or we'd be shut down by the
government fast.
And yes, you're right about volunteers. Sighted volunteers can work on books,
but not download the non-public domain books in the collection.
HTH, Carrie
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From: Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:01:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out Sourcers
Hi, Reggie.
The way I understand it, members can't download
books if they're not US citizens because of copyright laws unless the book is
in
the public domain.
I don't think this pertains to volunteers though
since you can be a volunteer without being a member. Volunteers can work
on books but they can't download them.
Christina
----- Original Message -----
>From: Reggie & Brooks
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:26
> PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out
> Sourcers
>
>
>Now, that is interesting. Perhaps I have
> missed it, very probably have since I am not a real fan of the new site
> (oooo
> did I say that? My bad). Anyway, BKS is, or at least the last I knew,
> unable to be used by out-of-the-U.S. people (except public domain).
> However, outsources from Africa? Hmmmm! Sounds just a little strange to
> me.
>Reggie
>
>
>
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Bob
>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:02 PM
>To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out
> Sourcers
>
>
>Daproim Africa is one of the
> outsourcers.
>
>Bob
>“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us
> will live on in the future we make,”
>Senator Edward M. Kennedy
>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Gary
>> Petraccaro
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:58
>> PM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Out
>> Sourcers
>>
>>
>>I looked up a particular book and found that it
>> was submitted and proofed by the same person, Daproim Africa. Has
>> policy changed or is this one of the out sourcers?
>>Thanks.
>>
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