[bksvol-discuss] Re: plays
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:55:54 -0700 (PDT)
They probably don't want to risk having plays produced
without getting permission, ordering the scripts from
the publishers, and paying royalties. smile
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Obviously, the heavily financed lobbyists for the
> Play Writers and Dramatic
> Works Creators of America got to the politicians.
> <smile>
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carrie Karnos
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:05 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: plays
>
>
> No, plays in book form are unacceptable. I
> believe plays and dramatic
> works are exempted from the Chaffee amendment, which
> is the law that allows
> books to be accessible to blind people. Now, if
> there's a book ABOUT a
> play, with parts of the play in it, that's okay. We
> have a book about the
> play RENT
>
(http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=37587)
> which is
> much more than the actual play. If you can find a
> book about Waiting for
> Godot, that would be a fine addition to the
> collection.
>
> Carrie
>
> Jamie Yates <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can Bookshare accept plays that are in book
> form? For example, Waiting
> for Godot : tragicomedy in 2 acts / by Samuel
> Beckett ; translated from the
> original French text by the author.
>
> Why can't Bookshare accept dramatic works such
> as plays?
>
>
>
>
> Jamie in Michigan
> Currently Reading - Just Desserts (a Savannah
> Reid mystery) by G A
> McKevett
>
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> link! Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
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