Copyright

One of the primary issues met by institutions which aim at adapting and distributing published works in a format accessible for blind and partially sighted readers is copyright management.

At the bottom of this post, you can download:

• a document presenting the main topics about copyright management
• a sample form used by some publishers to ask special permissions to receive an electronic copy of published works to be adapted for blind and partially sighted students
• sample letters in multiple languages which can be used by institutions to ask publishers for special permissions to receive an electronic copy of published works to be adapted for blind and partially sighted students
• a list of publishers which are familiar with permission requests for students with disability
• a document about policies for self-archiving adopted by most scientific publishers