[Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

[Chris Nusbaum]

David,

But some of the bills NFB advocates for haven't been introduced 
yet either, and we send out emails about the bill without a 
number.  See the recent email with the agenda for Washington 
Seminar; 2 of the bills didn't have numbers because they haven't 
been formally introduced in Congress, the Americans with 
Disabilities Business Opportunity Act (ADBOA) and the Home 
Appliance Accessibility Act (HAAA.)

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Hyde, David W.  (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:15:55 -0600
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

I must agree with others.  If this bill has been introduced, it 
has a number.  If it doesn't have a number, it hasn't been 
introduced.  If it hasn't been introduced, this is merely one of 
those spams that goes around every so often.  At the risk of 
seeming strident, either post the House or Senate bill number, or 
stop posting about it.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric Calhoun
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:02 AM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

See this, Chris?  This one affects all blind people.  It talks 
about the bill, its intent, and why people should sign the 
petition.

Eric


Original Message:
From: "Jess Kutch, Change.org" <mail at change.org
To: eric at pmpmail.com
Subject: [censored]
Date:
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:58:45 -0800

Congress has a plan to change the Internet forever.  A bill 
they're debating right now would give the government power to 
shut down whole websites, and even let corporations say which 
websites should be shut down.

That means a huge corporation could have any website even 
suspected of violating a copyright shut down -- no questions 
asked.  The government could then completely block all access to 
sites as big as Facebook or YouTube if one person posts one thing 
on those websites that corporations don't want online.

Most major entertainment companies have come out in support of 
the bill, but despite swirling rumors, the huge video-gaming 
company Electronic Arts
(EA) has yet to take an official stance.  However, EA is part of 
the Entertainment Software Association, one of the big corporate 
lobbyists for the bill to censor the Internet -- meaning that if 
EA came out against the bill, that would be a serious blow to the 
people trying to get it passed.

Shashank Kasturirangan is a student at NYU who's a huge fan of 
gaming -- including EA's games -- but he can't believe that EA 
would want to mess with the Internet.  Shashank started a 
petition on Change.org calling on Electronic Arts to stop 
lobbying for Congress's plan to censor the Internet and come out 
against the bill.  Click here to add your name to his petition.

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-in
ternet-cens
orship?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=dZDVYxQm
LI_oLKqgeiB
KM&me=aa

The Internet censorship bill is particularly dangerous, according 
to advocates, because it would enable the government to set up 
the same type of tools to block online content that are used in 
repressive regimes around the world, like China, Iran, and Syria.  
For the first time, corporations and the government would be able 
to say what's acceptable to put on the Internet.

While some companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have come 
out against the bill, big movie studios, record companies, and 
their corporate lobbyists like the Entertainment Software 
Association are pushing Congress hard to pass Internet 
censorship.

Electronic Arts has millions of customers around the world 
playing video games like Madden 2012, The Sims, and Scrabble, and 
they care deeply about what the public thinks about their 
company.  If enough people call on EA to oppose the plan to 
censor the Internet, they will be forced to come out against the 
bill.  And if EA backs off, other companies that haven't yet 
taken a position will certainly think twice before supporting 
Congress's plan to censor the Internet.

Sign Shashank's petition to Electronic Arts to stop lobbying for 
Internet censorship and oppose the bill in Congress.  Click here 
to sign.

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-in
ternet-cens
orship?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=dZDVYxQm
LI_oLKqgeiB
KM&me=aa

Thanks for being a change-maker,

- Jess and the Change.org team


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