[Nfbwv-talk] Please Sign

[Smyth, Charlene R]

Dear Friends:

 

Blind and print-disabled people in the United States and across the world need your help to relieve the worldwide book famine that prevents us from receiving an education, attaining employment, and fully participating in society. 

The World Intellectual Property Organization is considering a treaty that would make more books available to blind and print-disabled people all over the world by promoting an exception to copyright law allowing books to be produced in special formats like Braille and to be shared across international borders. This treaty is called the Treaty for the Blind or the VIP Treaty. Unfortunately, publishers, big media, and other rights holders like GE and Caterpillar, some of whom have nothing to do with the publishing of books at all, are complicating the negotiations in an attempt to water down or kill the treaty. You can help by sending a strong message that you support a treaty that helps the blind and print disabled get access to more books. Please sign the petition at

https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2&reset=1

 

Also, please share the petition link with your family, friends, and others who you feel will support this effort.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

John G. Paré Jr.

Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIN