[Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

[Mike Freeman]

I suspect David Andrews will inform you differently

Mike Freeman


On Jan 13, 2012, at 10:36, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eric,
> 
> This is the same bill the guy who wrote the email I forwarded was talking about.  I happen to know the name of the bill: the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA.) I'm not sure of a bill number, but at least you can Google the name of the bill and find it.  So how can you say that what you sent about the same bill
> effects all blind people, but what I sent doesn't? Also, both emails provided a Web site on which you can sign a petition; one to Congress itself to vote against the bill and one to Electronic Arts (EA) to tell their officials to make a company-wide stance against the bill.  So, I saw both emails as a short ad; a teaser of sorts.  It's an advertising ploy; describe the bill's intent in a way that gets the audience fired up, then give a Web site hoping that people will start to feel passionate about supporting or opposing this bill and will go to the site and sign the petition.  Also, the email I sent may not be as professionally written as, say, the official complaints or petitions written by the NFB's governmental affairs team, but it is a citizen writing to other citizens asking them to sign a petition and help him spread the word about something he is passionate about, which he has the right to do, and so do I to distribute it, and so do all of us! So, although the email itself might not have a bill number or any "official" information, you might find that information on the Web site itself, as that Web site has the actual petition.
> 
> If the petition wasn't legitimate, then why would the email have a Web site of an organization who is circulating a petition, and gives you a place to sign the petition? And, what makes your petition any more legitimate than mine? By the way, I read your ad in the Ziegler; wow! What an appeal to the ladies, LOL!
> 
> 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: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:01:52 -0600
> 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
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> 
> 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
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> Thanks for being a change-maker,
> 
> - Jess and the Change.org team
> 
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