[Ohio-talk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: United States Senate Greenlights Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing Legislation

[Cheryl Fields]

Great reat

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 9:13 AM Sheri Albers via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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> > From: David Andrews via NFBNet-Members-List <
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> > Date: June 28, 2018 at 9:39:33 PM EDT
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> > Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] FW: United States Senate Greenlights
> Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing Legislation
> > Reply-To: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
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> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >
> > Release Date:
> > Thursday, June 28, 2018
> >
> > Category:
> > National
> >
> > Chris Danielsen
> > Director of Public Relations
> > National Federation of the Blind
> > (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
> > (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
> > cdanielsen at nfb.org
> >
> > United States Senate Greenlights Marrakesh Treaty and Implementing
> Legislation
> >
> > National Federation of the Blind Applauds Senate Vote
> >
> > Washington, DC (June 28, 2018): The United States Senate today provided
> its advice and consent for ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to
> Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually
> Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. The chamber also approved the
> treaty's implementing legislation (S. 2559), which will make modest
> adjustments to US copyright law to fully comply with the treaty.
> >
> > "For more than six years, the National Federation of the Blind has
> worked tirelessly toward this historic day for the blind of America and the
> world," said Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the
> Blind. "We applaud the United States Senate for providing its advice and
> consent for ratification of the treaty, as well as for passing S. 2559, the
> 'Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act'. We urge the US House of
> Representatives to join their Senate colleagues in swiftly passing S. 2559,
> so that the door to expanded literacy and access to the world's knowledge
> will be unlocked for millions of blind Americans."
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Wishing You All the Best,

Cheryl E. Fields


A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life
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