[Nfbsf] Fwd: [Nfbnet-master-list] Whitehouse WIPO Petition

[Darian Smith]

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From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:41:55 -0500
Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] Whitehouse WIPO Petition
To: nfbnet-master-list at nfbnet.org

As you know there is a petition on the nfb.org website concerning an
important treaty concerning the availability of books, worldwide, to
blind and visually impaired persons.  There is also a petition on the
www.whitehouse.gov website.  There were accessibility problems with
this petition at one time, but have been solved.  Here is some
information on signing it.  Please do so -- time is running short.

David Andrews


Hi All:

Time is running short for us to sign the Whitehouse petition to get the U.S.
Government to support a treaty to make books and other copyrighted materials
available across borders to people who are blind around the world. The
petition needs 100,000 signatures, it currently has only 12,214 and we need
to reach 100,000 by June 22, 2013, only two days away. You'll need to
create a Whitehouse.gov account to sign this petition, that process is
accessible, including it looks like to users of Braille displays. You will
be asked a mathematical question in order to create your account, no
CAPTCHA.

The link to the petition is:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/side-blind-over-obstructionist-com
panies-secure-treaty-blind-makes-books-accessible-globally/ZJtgcVph

I clicked on it out of this message and it worked, if it doesn't, cut and
paste it into the address bar of your favorite browser. If you have a
Whitehouse.gov account, click on the link to log in, sign in with your
account credentials and then click on the link to sign the petition. After
creating your account if needed, you can then click to sign.


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