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Is anyone taking bets on how long it'll be before the NLS is told to discontinue BARD? After all, it's taking money from privately-owned book publishers, it hosts books with terrible, woke messages (such as the horrifying idea that LGBT people exist and deserve rights), and the money used to buy and ship braille displays would be much better spent if it went to the country's billionaires, or maybe to police/ICE so they can arrest more peaceful protestors.

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Timothy Wynn

@jscholes While I understand that the DMCA carveout is renewed for accessibility every four years, I don't believe Bookshare is run by a U.S. federal agency. It does get funding from somewhere for its free accounts for students and comparatively less expensive cost depending on the level of the country, but it still should be fine otherwise. Not that we shouldn't be concerned, I'm just saying it's potentially not as dire as the U.S. National Library Service for the print-disabled.
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@ZBennoui I don't know enough to comment. My assertion about Bookshare's relatively precarious position was based on it not being backed by the might of the Library of Congress, unlike NLS.

Whether or not that will matter, or whether anybody's guesses will be proven accurate, remains to be seen. But in general if you want to know how vulnerable something is in this current climate, start by looking at its funding sources, biggest supporters, and primary audience served. @twynn @alexhall

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