[Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

Fri Jan 13 20:42:51 UTC 2012

Chris,

The difference is that we know the individuals involved and know that this isn't just some sort of 
internet thing floating around when we're talking about our bills.  You are probably new enough to all 
of this to not have seen it, but there was an urgent e-mail saying that the post office was going to 
start charging people for using e-mail, and it urged you to write to Congress.  That e-mail would show 
up every year, I think in February, for probably ten years at least and there was never a bill, but it 
was urgent.  The point is that unless you know the person who actually originated the note, and I don't 
mean the person who forwarded it, you should be skeptical.  For us to tell our own members on our own 
list that we will be introducing a bill but it doesn't have a number yet is a completely different 
thing.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:35:46 -0600, Chris Nusbaum wrote:

>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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