[macvoiceover] Re: Fwd: [nfbcs] Press release about lawsuit settlement with Apple

They are thugs and this smells of extortion.
On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:57 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
I think someone oughta be fired and I wonder about the suspicious timing of 
this.

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From: "The BlindTechs Network" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:37 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Fwd: [nfbcs] Press release about lawsuit settlement 
with Apple


this is the original email sent out on all of their lists about an
hour before the corrected email was sent. what do you think about it.
this has law suit or extortion written all over it.

Gabe Vega
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From: David Andrews <dandrews@xxxxxxxx>
Date: September 26, 2008 1:40:58 PM GMT-07:00
To: david.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nfbcs] Press release about lawsuit settlement with Apple
Reply-To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List <nfbcs@xxxxxxxxxx>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Public Relations Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

cdanielsen@xxxxxxx

National Federation of the Blind and Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Announce Agreement with Apple to Make iTunes Fully Accessible
Baltimore, Maryland (September 26, 2008): The National Federation of the 

Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley today
announced a

cooperative agreement with Apple, Inc. to make Apples iTunes software,

iTunes Store, and iTunes U more accessible to the blind.  On September
9,

Apple released iTunes 8, which contains significant accessibility

improvements.  Under todays agreement, Apple will make iTunes U (a
dedicated area of the iTunes Store for content provided by colleges and
universities) fully accessible by December 31, 2008, and will ensure the 

full accessibility of the iTunes software and the rest of the iTunes
Store
to blind people using both Mac and Windows operating systems by June 30, 

2009.  Over the next three years, Apple will continue to work with

officials in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General and the

National Federation of the Blind to ensure that the iTunes services
remain

accessible to the blind and that accessibility issues are resolved.
Apple

has also agreed to contribute $250,000 to the Massachusetts Commission
for
the Blind to assist the agency in providing adaptive technology to blind 

residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said:

Computer technology is a critical means of access to business,
education,

information, and entertainment in the twenty-first century, and the
blind

must have equal access if we are to be equal participants in society.
By

making its extremely popular iTunes service fully accessible to the
blind,

Apple is setting an example that should be followed by the entire

information technology industry.  The National Federation of the Blind
is

pleased to have worked with Attorney General Coakley and her staff to
reach this important agreement with Apple, and we will continue to work 

tirelessly until the blind have equal

access to the full range of products and services available to the
public

through the Internet and other information technologies.

 Our office is committed to providing equal opportunity to all
citizens of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, said Attorney General Martha Coakley. 

This agreement will benefit blind Commonwealth citizens and all blind

Americans by making one of the most widely used computer applications
accessible to them. I applaud Apple for its commitment to accessibility 

and look forward to continuing to work with the National Federation of
the

Blind to ensure that rapid progress is made in making the iTunes
software

and services usable by everyone.

###

About the National Federation of the Blind

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is
the
largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in 

the United States. The NFB improves blind peoples lives through
advocacy,

education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence
and

self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today
and

the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research
and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind. 

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