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Updates on: illegal downloading, e-books, DAISY XML

Congress is considering legislation that would require colleges receiving federal aid to educate students and faculty about illegal file-sharing on campus and develop a plan to offer “technology-based deterrents” to illegal downloading. — PR Web

Joe Wickert interviewed Jeff Gomez, author of Print is Dead, about the future of e-books and publishing. Gomez makes interesting points about how people are growing increasingly familiar with digital content, and how e-books must differentiate themselves from regular books through greater interactivity. — Joe Wickert’s Publishing 2020 Blog

A new plugin will enable Microsoft Word users to save Open XML-based documents in a format that makes the content accessible to blind or visually impaired users. The plugin, which is a free download, will make it possible to save documents in the DAISY XML format, a standard for reading and publishing multimedia content that is easy to navigate. — VNU Net