I would agree with these sentiments. However, what Larry says is
right too. There's no need for APH to keep a track of the policies
of different organizations. This would be asking too much.
However, given that many sources of e-texts do have restrictive
policies and conditions on the services they offer, and since the BP
manual is providing a list of sources of material suitable for
downloading to the BP, I believe that this warrants the inclusion of
a note informing the user that the materials made available by some
of these organisations may only be available to US citizens or
residents and that the user should consult the respective
organizations for further information about their elligibility to
receive such services.
I can't see how APH could get into trouble recommending this. It
seems like good advice and prewarns new users that not all the listed
sources are necessarily going to be available to them. And finally,
it only requires a single edit to the manual.
Cheers, Andrew.
I happen to agree with Bruce for a change. All that need be mentioned when discussing other sources like bookshare and rfb&d is that some material may be available to u.s. residents.
