[A2k] As a moderator,

[James Love]

On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 11:57 -0700, Paul Lehto wrote:
> on one's knees, as it were.  It disables us all for many reasons, not
> the least of which is the implication that remaining DRM regimes are
> legal and legitimate.

    The US DMCA law is "legal" as far as I can tell.  And its political
legitimacy is partly due to the weak political opposition in the US,
which is something to think about.

   As disabled as you may be by this, I don't think it suits anyone to
suggest your situation is the same as someone who is blind or has
another serious reading disability.

   Members of Congress should be rightly criticized for passing an act
that is so flawed.  We should also criticize ourselves for not having a
better strategy to deal with this.  Blaming our woes on people who can't
see is an unattractive response to failings that are closer to home.

    Maybe you can find a more appropriate target for your frustration
than people seeking to overcome legal barriers on the right to share
accessible copies of works across borders.  I don't know how you came to
blame them for anything.

 Jamie


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