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Originally Posted by Daithi
This wasn't exactly an arguement for a "better ways to provide for universal access by the visually impaired" but came off to some as "screw the blind and let them pay like everyone else". Several posters had the impression you were being trollish and just trying to start an arguement, so there may be a reason for the hostility you feel.
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But I had actually *looked at the treaty*, and was commenting specifically on the faults of the proposed language. The fact other people assumed my comments meant "screw the blind" because they knew nothing of the language of the treaty and just assumed it was perfectly agreeable is not MY fault, now is it?
But yes, I do think blind people should pay for novels, just as they pay for most everything else. I would happily see my work provided to the blind in acceptable formats at an acceptable rate. I'm not so happy seeing third parties taking my work and giving it away to the blind for free even if I provide such a format, or because they think it costs too much, etc. That's a pretty far cry from "screw the blind".