Sandi Ryan, 69, is a lifelong reader. She reads mysteries, non-fiction biographies, political histories and, on the days she volunteers to proofread Braille translations at the Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, she reads a bit of everything.
Ryan, whose eyes were removed to treat a rare early childhood cancer called retinoblastoma, has been a patron of the library for nearly 60 years. When she was 10, her mom discovered the library’s services and they regularly ordered audiobooks, or talking books, which came on vinyl records they played in their Nevada, Iowa, home every weekend.
Ryan, who now lives in Ames, sometimes wishes she was 10 again because the library’s youth services have expanded so far beyond what she had access to as a kid. Today, its instructional materials center helps more than 100 Iowa students who are blind, have low-vision or a reading disability to access their schoolwork. It s also in the process of building a new area for children and you
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Virus relief bill will influence IP law
By Christina E. Brule
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 also known as the Coronavirus Relief Bill was signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020. In addition to COVID-19 relief, the act includes several provisions that will significantly influence intellectual property law.
This article focuses on provisions of the act that affect copyright law, namely the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act, or PLSA, and the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act, or CASE Act.
High-volume streaming
The PLSA amends Title 18, Chapter 113, of the United States Code by inserting an additional section illicit digital transmission services. The PLSA targets websites that provide customers with unauthorized access to copyrighted material, for example, NFLBite and Jetflix.