[Nfb-hi] FW: [Nfb-web] Association of Blind Citizens To Webcast Authors GuildProtest From NYC Tue Apr 7 12:00 P.M. EDT

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Subject: [Nfb-web] Association of Blind Citizens To Webcast Authors
GuildProtest From NYC Tue Apr 7 12:00 P.M. EDT

New York City (Monday April 6, 2009)

The Association of Blind Citizens, ABC, will produce a live webcast of the
Reading Rights Coalition, RRC,  protest being held at The Authors Guild in
New York City.  The webcast will begin on Tuesday April 7th between 11:45
A.M. and 12:00 P.M. EDT

Listeners around the world can access the web page:
http://blindcitizens.org/live
which has information and links for listening to the live event.  It is
recommended that you access this web page prior to the event so that you can
install the Talking Communities conference  web browser component in
advance.  A flash based and mp3 stream may also be available at the above
web address.

The Reading Rights Coalition is a joint effort made up of 27 organizations
representing upwards of 15 million Americans who are blind or otherwise
unable to readily use traditional print.  RRC organizations and members will
collectively protest the discriminatory separate but not equal stance of the
Authors Guild as it relates to Ebooks and the Amazon Kindle  2 text to
speech audio feature.

"The water company does not charge separate rates for the use of water
depending on whether the consumer is drinking it or using it to wash dishes;
it simply charges for the amount of water used. By the same token, an e-book
is not inherently visual or aural, and to claim that reading it either
visually or aurally should cost a different price is discriminatory."
http://readingrights.org

The RRC web site, above, has in depth information regarding the protest, an
electronic peitition, and other background and resource material.

The board of directors of ABC, as well as all RRC organizations
collectively, encourage you to sign the online petition, attend the protest
in person or virtually, and sign up on the RRC web page to receive action
alerts and updates.

Contact:
Mika Pyyhkala
Vice President
Association of Blind Citizens
Google Voice/SMS: (617) 202-3497
pyyhkala at gmail.com
Micro Blog: http://twitter.com/pyyhkala

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