SV: SV: SV: SV: [governance] Re: Why standards from ISO are not

[Kicki Nordström]

Dear Tapani,

I have sent a request for an answer to the DAISY Consortium and I will forward the reply then I receive it. I do not know of any exceptions in international laws concerning persons with disabilities! I doubt that ISO have made any exceptions and ISO standards are not laws either. National laws may have exceptions but not any international exceptions. The only mentioning of concerns is the new UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD). In article 30 is intellectual properties mentioned which should not constitute limitation for PWD. But CRPD apply only to countries that have ratified the convention. 

Yours
Kicki  


Kicki Nordström
Synskadades Riksförbund (SRF) 
World Blind Union (WBU)
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Från: Tapani Tarvainen [mailto:tapani.tarvainen at effi.org] 
Skickat: den 28 augusti 2008 20:16
Till: governance at lists.cpsr.org
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 04:07:42PM +0200, Kicki Nordström (kicki.nordstrom at srfriks.org) wrote:

> if some legal requirement is needed for DAISY Consortium in order to 
> provide digital books for persons with print disabilities, I am sure 
> they have done it as DAISY is such a huge spared format for reading in 
> the world today amongst us who need this format!

They probably either have made some kind of deal with patent holders, possibly royalty-free license that covers their use, or they're relying on their non-commercial nature (patents only restrict commercial use, as noted).

Also, in copyright legislation there are certain legal exemptions for people with disabilities; I don't know of such in patent legislation, but there might be some that are relevant here.

> I think I will get in touch with DAISY consortium and ask them of how 
> they manage to use MP3 and not valuate intellectual properties!

If you do, I for one would be interested in hearing what they reply.

--
Tapani Tarvainen
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