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Re: PDF Accessibility and Copyright

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Sep 1, 2016 7:40AM

Almost all government forms are required by law to be accessible. Perhaps there is an accessible version on the government website, or you can try contacting the office responsible for the form and requesting an accessible form. They might already have one.

Joseph

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> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility and Copyright
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> We have a lot of PDFs on our university site and it's my goal to make them as
> accessible as possible. If we own the material, it is one thing, but what if we
> don't? For example, we have government forms and published journal
> articles. We have permission to have these materials on our web site, but do
> we have the right to alter them by adding tags, alt text, etc?
> Is there a fair use rule that applies or do we need permission from each
> source?
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