Copyright Issues

Lately, I have been looking for libraries for the visually impaired and the blind so that I could borrow books from the convenience of the computer. However, I'm quickly learning it isn't a reality. How? Why? Copyright issues. Would you believe that because of copyright, you have to prove your eyes are as bad as you experience them to be? Otherwise, you may not borrow such books and I don't know if this also applies to purchased books from such organisations.

I used to support copyrights, but because they now make you prove your bad eyesight, I do not support copyrights anymore. Who are they to tell me that I have to pay a lot of money to get the professional evidence needed to prove my bad eyesight? It is no wonder that visually impaired and blind people are that disadvantaged and poor. Its almost like the world has become a prove-it mafia. Prove you need it, and the mafia supplies it. But it costs you dearly. Copyrights no longer protect authors...they just bully readers.

The more I run into hurdles for my enjoyment of reading, the more I am considering an eReader (not the Kindle, Lord forbid!) and the convenience of online libraries instead of libraries that cater to visually impaired and the blind. I am so tired of using magnifiers; I've used them for years. With an eReader, I can just make the font a lot larger and eReaders do not cause eye-strain. Would you believe I have eye-strain if the print size on paper is less than 24 point? Cataracts and Astigmatism are no picnic, let me tell you.

I would also have to consider studying braille and Moon a little faster, so that I have an extra resource in case I ever become completely print-disabled. But there's a cute problem with learning braille and Moon. Books printed with either form are expensive to buy, even from normal bookstores. I do not know of any bookstore that has a braille or a Moon or both, sections. Not even a large print section, though I would still have to use a magnifier for those.

Once I fully learned braille and Moon, I would be making my own books. I would even consider making such books for others so they're not denied the joy of reading. Let's all pray and work together to make the world a better and less-restrictive one for the disadvantaged and marginalised. Why should you have to prove something to be loved?