Hi Pratik, and thanks for the info. I'd forgotten about the copyright issue and the laws, but it makes sense now why they're strict about asking for correct dates.
MissWings At 11:29 PM 11/14/2006, Pratik Patel wrote:
MissWings, Many of us agree with your sentiment that it's the book that matters and not a lot of the technical details. Unfortunately, these technical details are the ones that allow bookshare to operate successfully. It is an exemption in the copyright law that allows us, as volunteers, to submit material that we have scanned for our personal needs. And, to be sure that bookshare complies with all pertinent laws and regulations, copyright informaiton needs to be accurate and the organization needs to ensure that no laws are broken while giving us more than 30000 books to access. So, whether we like it or not, the devil is in the details, as they say. We need to ensure that the copyright notice exists and it's as accurate as we can possibly make it. I hope this answers your question. Please let me know if I can provide any further details. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MissWings Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:16 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Help From A Sighted Volunteer Hi all. Just out of curiosity, I'm curious to learn why books need to be rejected if you can't find any copyright information even if they're otherwise good scans and can be read easily. Isn't the point of Bookshare to have books that are accessible that people wouldn't otherwise be able to get? This being strictly my opinion and so no one gets too mad at me, I think the important thing to consider is the book, not all the technical things about copyright dates and so on. I could understand if the book had pages missing or was totally unreadable, but to the general public who reads the books in the collection, I don't know if a copyright date is going to matter to them too much. This is just my two cents' worth, and I hope I haven't offended or upset anyone by asking. MissWings At 09:56 PM 11/14/2006, Monica Willyard wrote: >Cindy, I don't see the link now either. I thought I had seen it when I >started this thread. It was reading as a graphic, or at least JAWS was >telling me there was a graphic where that link usually is. Listening to >it more closely, I think the graphic actually is pointing to the area to >read reviews. I get the feeling that this book is one of those >self-published jobs or was put out by a very small publisher. I'm >wondering if it even has a copyright at all. The file I have has no >copyright notice. It has the author's name, the title, and then it starts >right away with the foreword. I had thought at first that the page with >the copyright holder's name and date just didn't scan properly. However, >there is no notice that says anything like "all rights reserved" and all >of that jazz. If I can't turn up a copyright on copyright.gov, and you >can't get it from Amazon or Barnes And Noble, Gustavo probably couldn't >verify it either and would bounce it back. :( Do you think I should >reject this book? > >Monica Willyard > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: 11/13/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: 11/13/2006 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: 11/13/2006
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