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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-906" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Instructional Materials for Blind and Print Disabled Students">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to require the Committee, the Library, or a publisher of instructional materials to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Convert instructional materials into accessible formats for blind and print disabled students; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Require a publisher to provide any format other than an electronic format provided under § 11–904 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A publisher of instructional material may not be required to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Perform any act that would constitute an infringement of a copyright under the Copyright Revision Act of 1976;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide an electronic format of instructional material if the publisher:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Publishes or manufactures a version of the instructional material that is accessible to students with disabilities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Chooses to provide an electronic format of instructional material directly to a student in a timely manner; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Has not previously produced a digital version of the fully edited and typeset instructional material, including instructional material produced by a method that does not require the creation of a digital file; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provide an electronic format of instructional material that is no longer in print or available and offered for sale by the publisher.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
