[blindlaw] Informational Picketing Against Authors Guild in New York City

[Tim Shaw]

good luck, wish i could be there, but 1. i cant afford it. and 2. that will be the second day of my new job, dont think i sohuld ask for a day off that early;)
 
> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:34:05 -0700
> From: johnrsheehan at yahoo.com
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org; david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Informational Picketing Against Authors Guild in New York City
> 
> The Xavier Society for the Blind strongly supports this effort - we'll put the note (and additional information as it becomes available) on our website and we will encourage people to show up. I will definitely be there. 
>  
> Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ
> Chairman
> Xavier Society for the Blind
> 154 East 23rd St
> New York, NY 10010
> 
> Office 212 473-7800
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> ________________________________
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:40:37 PM
> Subject: [blindlaw] Informational Picketing Against Authors Guild in New York City
> 
> 
> >From Chris Danielson:
> 
> Dear Fellow Federationists:
> 
> As you may already know, Amazon, Inc. released the newest version of its
> 
> e-book reader, the Kindle, on February 9 of this year.  The Kindle 2
> 
> includes a feature that allows e-books downloaded to it to be read aloud.
> 
> The Authors Guild has objected to this feature because it believes these
> 
> e-books are licensed only for visual display, and under pressure from the
> 
> Guild, Amazon has decided to allow authors and publishers to decide which
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> books can be read aloud by this device.  Naturally, this is a blow to blind
> 
> people and others with print disabilities who can benefit from the
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> text-to-speech feature and who would love to be able to purchase books and
> 
> start reading them immediately for the first time in history.  For this
> 
> reason the National Federation of the Blind has joined with other
> 
> organizations representing people who cannot use print effectively to fight
> 
> the Authors Guild.
> 
> We plan to kick off our public education campaign to increase public
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> pressure on the Authors Guild to reverse its stance with an informational
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> protest in front of the Guild’s headquarters in New York City.  This picket
> 
> will take place on Tuesday, April 7, from noon until 2:00 p.m.  I am writing
> 
> to you in hopes that you can organize members to come to this protest.  A
> 
> number of Federationists from Maryland are coming and we expect
> 
> participation from other organizations in the coalition, but it would be
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> very helpful if those of you with easy access to New York City would help us
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> by providing more picketers.  It is extremely important that we make a
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> strong impression on the Authors Guild and the media so that our message
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> will be heard.
> 
> In the next few days you will receive more communications with additional
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> logistical details, as well as more information about our position and
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> suggestions on how to respond to questions from the media.  In the meantime,
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> if you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  As
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> soon as you have an idea of how many people may be able to come to this
> 
> event, please provide that information to John Paré by calling 410-659-9314,
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> ext. 2227, or by e-mailing jpare at nfb.org.  Thank you for your assistance in
> 
> this important matter.
> 
> Sincerely:
> 
> Chris Danielsen
> 
> Christopher S. Danielsen
> 
> Director of Public Relations
> 
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 
> 
> David Andrews and white cane Harry.
> 
> 
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