[access-uk] Re: Ethics of book sharing services
- From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:06:48 +0100
Andrew,
The only ethic with regard to books is the ethic of less than 5% of all
published books being converted to accessible formats.
The ethics are not a matter of booksharing, as you pointed out everybody
does it whether electronically or in print, but of basic human rights. It is
not ethical that children fall behind in education because text books or set
English books are not available in a timely manner, it isn't ethical that
I've got to get my partner to read my university text books to me because
they aren't accessible, it isn't ethical that I can't read my god-children
the books they'd like at bedtime and it isn't ethical that people cannot
just reach out and aquaint themselves with the subjects, topics,
entertainments and treasures that the World's books hold, because publishers
haven't enough business sense to realise they are missing out on an
opportunity to make an awful lot more money.
Ok, rant over. *Smile.
Tink.
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