In the US, it is lawful to make a nonprofit edition of a book in an
"assistive format" for blind people, because of an exception to the US
copyright law. I need the name of a country that doesn't have this
exception.

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 11 Apr 2005 01:31 PDT

Dear Doctorow, 

I have contacted experts who have lectured on the subject, and am
awaiting their answer.

I have found a list of all (or most) legislation in the matter, from
which one could conclude (problematic, I admit) which countries don't
have this excemption. Would the (rather short) list of countries,
which currently have legislation on the matter, suffice?

The United Kingdom now has similar provisions
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/20020033.htm

Owain

Iraq?

Thanks -- I really need the names of countries that *don't* have this
exemption, though.