Comments on: Your Tax Dollars At Work http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/09/your-tax-dollars-at-work.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Grimmelmann http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/09/your-tax-dollars-at-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-65541 James Grimmelmann Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:13:50 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=20368#comment-65541 Umm, iPod Touch? Also, this same problem afflicts copyright law. The provisions allowing <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000121----000-.html" rel="nofollow">reproductions for the blind and disabled</a> require the use of "a specialized format exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities," i.e. a deliberately broken one. Of course, there's it at the behest of copyright owners. Umm, iPod Touch?

Also, this same problem afflicts copyright law. The provisions allowing reproductions for the blind and disabled require the use of “a specialized format exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities,” i.e. a deliberately broken one. Of course, there’s it at the behest of copyright owners.

]]> By: Jon Siegel http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/09/your-tax-dollars-at-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-65532 Jon Siegel Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:59:55 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=20368#comment-65532 Hmmm . . . good question. Inasmuch as the needed functionality for ALS sufferers is not the phone but a speech app on the phone, I would say that the insurance should just pay for the device and the app and then if the user wants to use the device as a phone as well, it's up to the user to pay for that service. Hmmm . . . good question. Inasmuch as the needed functionality for ALS sufferers is not the phone but a speech app on the phone, I would say that the insurance should just pay for the device and the app and then if the user wants to use the device as a phone as well, it’s up to the user to pay for that service.

]]> By: Carolyn Blakelock http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/09/your-tax-dollars-at-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-65531 Carolyn Blakelock Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:42:11 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=20368#comment-65531 I agree that there are a lot of not very sensible decisions being made, and I hate to be the one defending this one, but unlike the $7500 dollar dedicated device, the iPhone is a multifunction device that has a recurring cost (the phone/data connection). Who pays for that? I agree that there are a lot of not very sensible decisions being made, and I hate to be the one defending this one, but unlike the $7500 dollar dedicated device, the iPhone is a multifunction device that has a recurring cost (the phone/data connection). Who pays for that?

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