[Nfbmo] Fw: more NFB legal stuff

[James Moynihan]

FYI

Fjellow Federationists

Cordially,

Jim Moynihan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neuman, Dale A." <NeumanD at umkc.edu>
To: <jamesmmoynihan at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 9:39 AM
Subject: more NFB legal stuff


The National Federation of the Blind has 
asked<http://thepublicindex.org/docs/cases/hathitrust/25-memorandum-in-support.pdf> 
a federal court to add it to the 
defendants<http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/hathitrust-defendants-respond-to-authors-guild-lawsuit/38805> 
named in a 
lawsuit<http://chronicle.com/article/In-Authors-Suit-Against/128973/> 
brought by the Authors Guild and others against the HathiTrust digital 
repository and five universities. In its filing, the federation invoked the 
principle of equal access to information guaranteed by the Americans With 
Disabilities Act. The federation said the rights of the blind people it 
represents would be obstructed if the plaintiffs in the case succeeded in 
impounding the digital works in the trust and in preventing further digital 
scanning of copyrighted material.


Dale A. Neuman
Director, Harry S Truman Center for Governmental Affairs
Special Projects Associate, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
816-235-6108 or 816-235-2787
FAX 816-235-5191
Neumand at umkc.edu