It gets a bit messy in the states as we have something called the
Digital Millenium Copyright Act or DMCA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
which makes the mere breaking of encryption illegal and trumps "Fair
Use" laws. Whether that also trumps other media accessibility laws is
not clear to me.
CB
On 2/27/15 4:29 AM, David Griffith wrote:
Actually I got a little confused on the nature of list I was responding to
and believed I was responding on a UK based listBritish Computing of the Blind
. The legal comments I made were in relation to the UK only. I know a
little about US legislation but certainly people should not necessarily read
. any of the comments I made as necessarily applying to the US.
David Griffith
On 27 Feb 2015, at 05:50, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote:
I did it all the time in windows but I can understand why you don’t want that
discussed here. I know how to use google or start page or whatever. (smile)
My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud
On Feb 26, 2015, at 9:34 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
While I'm not sure about the legal ramifications of breaking DRM, I wouldn't
call running the Amazon Kindle app on the Mac using VMWare or Bootcamp as being
'available' on the Mac. Sort of like saying an automobile can be driven just
fine on a railroad track by loading and towing it on a flatbed train car.
CB
On 2/26/15 7:27 PM, David Griffith wrote:
Whilst the i OS app is accessible the last time I checked the Kindle App on the
Mac platform had no Accessibility Plugin and the book content text was not
accessible via voiceover.
Certainly the only way I can use the Kindle app on a Mac is via a fusion Window.
Whilst it is possible to break the DRM of Kindle Books and whilst a legal
defense for doing so may possibly be available for visually impaired people
under the 2003 Act I am not certain that it can be assumed to hold force
without some legal test. So active discussion of strategies for breaking DRM
on this list may not be appropriate. . The rights of visually impaired people
to breach DRM and copyright is linked to the lack of accessible delivery and on
other platforms at least Amazon has made available a number of accessible
alternative, and these are available on a Mac via boot camp or Fusion. Amazon
could conceivably cite these in justification of preserving the integrity of
their DRM. . I agree that the Mac OS should be a platform that accessibility
should be extended to though.
There are a number of commercial tools and there is nothing to stop you
Googling something like Kindle DRM Removal.
David Griffith
On 26/02/2015 22:39, Lorie McCloud wrote:
I think the Kindle app for iPad and iPhone is accessible. I’m curious about the
Kindle Mac app myself. I’ve used it on the iPhone though. I think it would be
easier than trying to convert them although I’d like to know how to do that too.
My Youtube Channel: “www.youtube.com/LorieMcCloud
On Feb 26, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Tim Emmons <temmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, not sure if this went through earlier but I’m going to resend it hopefully
without all the random. Forgive the crossposting but I’m stumped. I was trying
to find a DrM removal tool to read Kindle books in Voice Dream, and in the
process realized that I needed to possibly find out how to move around in
documents and data to transfer things to my phone, say to Voice Dream, or
remove a book from Kindle, to run through the protection tool since I don’t
think the version of Kindle for the Mac is accessible, and have hit a brick
wall. Can someone direct me in all this where to find the tools necessary, how
to get to documents and data running the latest iTunes 12.1 running the latest
Yosemite, and an iPhone 5 S running iOs 8.1.3. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks again and take care y’all.
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