[bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:27:37 -0500
I can't imagine anyone ever copied a reference like a cook book or some
other work they wanted to keep more or less permanently, grin.
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of lana
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:45 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
Like the way none of us ever coppied regular talkingbooks; because we
weren't sure we could ever get them again, or what shape they'd be in?
Never. Grin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald L. Roberts" <ka7ojt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
>I wonder whether, in their infinite wisdom, the NLS decision makers
>might consider disabling the headphone jacks. After all, the
>headphone jack does constitute a security risk. We certainly don't
>want these blind people making analog copies and then distributing
>them, possibly for profit.
>
> Don Roberts
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:45 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
>
>
> This is primarily a money and posturing issue. NLS has invested
> heavily in convincing everyone from Congress to the press that their
> method is secure, proprietary, and exclusive. That's why they've
> needed so many years and millions of dollars for research. Since
> Humanware won the bid for designing their players, it stands to reason
> that a perceived or actual rival would be locked out. If NLS let you
> transfer files with a normal computer or a Book Port, they might have
> to admit to Congress that most of their antics over the past ten years
> were for show, not practicality. I'm not normally a negative person.
> However, I've seen NLS and other agencies play this game too many
> times before, and it really bugs me. It doesn't make it more pleasant
> because I understand the rules of this game.
>
> Monica Willyard
>
>
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