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- ↑ "About Local Network Libraries - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) | Library of Congress". National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) | Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ↑ https://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/copyright.html NLS Factsheets: Copyright Law Amendment, 1996: PL 104-197
- ↑ "Described and Captioned Media Program: Seventy Years of Progress". dcmp.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
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