[vicsireland] Re: electronic publishing

  • From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
  • To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:15:25 +0100

I replied [in this thread] yesterday on list but haven't seen my message nor 
any automatic response thereto. ???
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <eoconnor@xxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] electronic publishing


Hi Mark and Flor,

Speaking of publishing,  I purchased a subscription to “Monitoring
Monthly,” a UK radio magazine  a couple of months back.

Knowing the online version to be a secure password protected  .pdf file, I
explained to the Editor, that I may not be able to access it.

I was assured, in this event, I could have a refund of the STG£30
subscription fee.    The Editor explained  a text or html version of the
magazine was not possible, due to production and copyright issues.   I
responded by  suggesting the publishers might like to contact the RNIB or
TNAUK.

I downloaded 2 of 12 issues, but Jaws could only read them in one
contiguous block – not an ideal way to read 100 pages of text!  Needless
to say, I didn’t listen to the whole thing.

I have yet to      request a refund, but don’t anticipate any problems in
this regard.

I’m wondering is there another way?

For instance, members of the  recently merged Royal National Institute of
the Blind and National Library Service, have access to newspapers  and
some magazines via the RNIB/NLS website.  Surely, copyright is also an
issue with which  the  Talking newspaper Association of the Uk  have had
to deal.    The reason I don’t mention NCBI here, is because (as I
understand it,) none of their magazines  are available for download.

Given that some blind / partially sighted folk have an interest in radio
technology, I suppose I’m wondering what compelling arguments can be used
to  convince the publishers of “Monitoring Monthly”,  to make the magazine
accessible, while at the same time protecting  copyright.

As pointed out previously on this list, there’s nothing to stop someone
running off copies of  copyrighted material on tape, cd or in print.

Kind regards,

Eamonn
http://www.monitoringmonthly.co.uk/





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