My husband gets the LOC tapes. They are slowed down to half normal speed and do require a special tape player.
Mary Brandt Jensen University of Mississippi Director of the Law Library University, MS 38677 Assistant Professor of Law cnicopy[_at_]sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu
On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Charles E. Keller wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Sue Medina wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> > all their works. Most give permission if you ask. Newly-contacted
> > publishers have more concern about taping books, but the LC technology
> > uses a very, very slow speed that is not the same as that on retail
> > taper players. The tapes have to be played on the special equipment
> > provided for the blind and physically handicapped.
> [snip]
>
> The speed slowdown applied to their phonodisks(16 RPM). As I
> *recall* the cassette tapes were normal speed but the 4 tracks were
> "reversed" from the normal stereo tracks as defined by Phillips
> patent. Thus only LOC issued players would play these tapes.
>
> I always wondered how the LOC was able to get around a patent that
> Phillips fanatically enforced with everyone else? anyone know?
>
> charles keller <keller[_at_]ra.msstate.edu>
Received on Thu Nov 07 1996 - 15:19:27 GMT
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