[A2k] L&E and DRM/ TPMs - parking lot analogy

[Richard M Stallman]

    The current DMCA exception for reading disabled persons is important,
    and useful, even if not as useful as it might be if the exception was
    broader than it is today.  The various non-profit organizations that
    create accessible works can and do overcome technical protection
    measures in order to make accessible copies of works.

(The term "technical protection measures" is propaganda for our
enemies, so I don't want to talk about Digital Restrictions Management
using that term.)

It is possible that some of the organizations in question operate this
way, but not all.  According to what Bookshare says, it tries to get
the unrestricted text from the publishers -- and in exchange
undertakes to impose DRM on blind people.

    Giving people who are blind or have other disabilities more freedom to
    circumvent DRM, and more freedom to share accessible copies of
    copyrighted works across borders (including to and from countries where
    there is no DMCA), without permission from copyright owners, increases
    their freedom,

Offering them DRM-restricted ebooks may be an important practical
benefit for them, but freedom is the wrong word for it.  It is a mistake
to identify "more options" with freedom.

		   and it therefore increases our freedom, because they are
    part of our community.

Even if the premise were true, the conclusion would not follow.
Granting freedom to a specific class, whatever the motive may be,
does not mean more freedom for everyone.