[bksvol-discuss] Re: was: Re: On Being Mortal books not available to U.S. readers
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:45:07 -0800
Thanks, Madeleine, for aking the time to exploain -- ye, hat does clarify
things for me; I guess since I no longer scan I never saw that smile
I hopew it's warmer up there than it is down here
Cindy
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
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> Volunteers who scan for Bookshare make sure to check “United States” under
> country restrictions. This means that only users from the US can read them.
> This is due to US copyright law. This is also why only US residents can
> volunteer to proof or scan books. Any book scanned by a Bookshare
> volunteer, regardless of where it was published, can be made available to
> US Bookshare members.
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> Publishers do not operate under the same amendment to the copyright law
> that we do, thus, they have different restrictions.
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> Hope that clarifies things.
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> Best,
>
>
>
> Madeleine
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> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy Rosenthal
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:54 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: was: Re: On Being Mortal books not
> available to U.S. readers
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> I'm confused; how does that work?
>
> And if a U.S. person buys and book and scans it ... there are citizens
> of other countries who are bookshare members, are there not? so if the book
> is in the collection, does a person who tries to download it get a menage
> you can't have access to this book? I understand that if the publisher
> donates it with a restriction, it should be restricted by bookshare to a
> U.S. citizen, but if such a person is able to buy it and scans it and it is
> then proofed, etc., why should book-share take it upon itself to deny it to
> other citizens; that doesn't seem fair;
>
> Cindy
>
> P.S. How would we know before scanning a book , if we bought a book,
> that it's not to be available to U.S. citizens? ( I suppose it says
> somewhere in the front pages
>
> Cindy
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Madeleine Linares <
> Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> One of my coworkers in the Collection Development department just brought
> it to my attention that we’re actually working on that book (On Being
> Mortal) right now because it’s a New York Times bestseller.
>
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> Please don’t scan it!
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> Judy did bring up a great point: make sure to check which countries can
> read the book when you search the collection and think you’ve found the
> book already in our collection. We sometimes get books from publishers with
> specific rights for countries other than the US.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Madeleine
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>
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> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Judy s.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:39 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book to scan:
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> Unless I'm missing something, this book, "Being Mortal" by Gawande, is not
> available to United States members, even though it is in the Bookshare
> collection.
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> Am I looking at the wrong title? If so, can someone point me to the right
> one?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Judy s.
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>
> On 1/13/2015 2:48 PM, ohio1803@xxxxx wrote:
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> You are so welcome, Sister Dolores.
> I know what it can be to scan and submit a book and then to find out it is
> already there!
> This is a very good book, by the way. I heard a really fascinating
> interview with the author on the Diane Rehm show on NPR a while back.
> Rik
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Dolores Dean
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 1:17 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book to scan:
>
> Thank you for telling me about 'On Being Mortal'. That was so kind.
>
> Sister Dolores
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