Re: discrimination (was: Untouchables [Andreas J., please read])

Robert Jung scripsit:

> In some books I've found this notice: 'This work is produced for
> persons with a perceptual disability as per the Canadian Copyright
> Act. [...]'. This really gets me mad, because 'perception' is not just
> visual; it's also mindual (= adjectivized form of 'mind') and aural
> etc. And the book I'm quoting from was put into Braille in 2002!!!!!!!
Whether it's Braille or an audiobook, the point is that if it's intended
solely for people who are blind or deaf, it can be done without the
copyright holder's permission, which is what that notice is (rather
obliquely) declaring.  The U.S. has a similar provision in its law.

--
John Cowan   jcowan@reutershealth.com  http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Most languages are dramatically underdescribed, and at least one is
dramatically overdescribed.  Still other languages are simultaneously
overdescribed and underdescribed.  Welsh pertains to the third category.
        --Alan King