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]]> By: An Unnecessary Barrier Universally Designed | Wood TV Stand http://universallydesigned.net/general/an-unnecessary-barrier/comment-page-1/#comment-946 An Unnecessary Barrier Universally Designed | Wood TV Stand Sun, 31 May 2009 23:47:08 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/general/an-unnecessary-barrier/#comment-946 [...] An Unnecessary Barrier Universally Designed Posted by root 2 hours 12 minutes ago (http://universallydesigned.net) Well from an accessibility standpoint requiring readability makes few months ago i posted thom lohman first time poster here your friend comment universally designed is proudly powered by wordpress bloggingpro theme Discuss  |  Bury |  News | An Unnecessary Barrier Universally Designed [...] [...] An Unnecessary Barrier Universally Designed Posted by root 2 hours 12 minutes ago (http://universallydesigned.net) Well from an accessibility standpoint requiring readability makes few months ago i posted thom lohman first time poster here your friend comment universally designed is proudly powered by wordpress bloggingpro theme Discuss  |  Bury |  News | An Unnecessary Barrier Universally Designed [...]

]]> By: chris flock http://universallydesigned.net/general/an-unnecessary-barrier/comment-page-1/#comment-639 chris flock Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:21 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/general/an-unnecessary-barrier/#comment-639 Well, from an accessibility standpoint, requiring readability makes perfect sense. But from a copyright standpoint, some people could argue that Amazon is creating a derivative work by selling readings of the books. So Amazon could get sued for violating ADA. And they could get sued for copyright violation. IMHO, both lawsuits would fail (as Amazon isn't a brick-and-mortar, and they aren't technically selling readings but rather selling technology that people can use to create readings). But Amazon probably wants to avoid lawsuits on both sides. Since the copyright crowd is probably more litigious than the accessibility crowd (by a hair), Amazon will probably err on the side of copyright protection. Well, from an accessibility standpoint, requiring readability makes perfect sense. But from a copyright standpoint, some people could argue that Amazon is creating a derivative work by selling readings of the books.

So Amazon could get sued for violating ADA. And they could get sued for copyright violation.

IMHO, both lawsuits would fail (as Amazon isn’t a brick-and-mortar, and they aren’t technically selling readings but rather selling technology that people can use to create readings). But Amazon probably wants to avoid lawsuits on both sides. Since the copyright crowd is probably more litigious than the accessibility crowd (by a hair), Amazon will probably err on the side of copyright protection.

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