Yay!! Thanks to the h hardworking people who never gave up and kept at it t
( and should we contact our senators to vote for ratification? Is there a
way so someone can send us something to send to our senators? I know I've
received such emails before -- some petitions to sign and send to my
senator I'll write to my senators if I can find their addresses
CIndy
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The treaty which should give blind people all over the world better access
to books has finally gone to the Senate for ratification! Logically,it will
give a lot more people access to Bookshare, among other things.
Tracy
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*Subject:* [Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind
Applauds Transmission of Marrakesh Treaty for Ratification
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:*Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
cdanielsen@xxxxxxx
National Federation of the Blind Applauds Transmission of Marrakesh Treaty
for Ratification
Urges Senate to Ratify Treaty to End Book Famine Immediately
*Baltimore, Maryland (February 10, 2016):* The National Federation of the
Blind today applauded President Obama's transmission of the Marrakesh
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,
Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled to the United States Senate
for ratification, and urged the Senate to act immediately to ratify the
treaty.
Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said: "This crucial treaty will substantially ease the book famine that
currently limits education and opportunity for the blind of this nation and
the world. When it is fully in effect, it will give blind Americans the
ability to access books in Braille, audio, and other alternative formats
from across the globe, as well as provide more books to the blind of all
nations. We strongly urge the United States Senate to ratify it without
delay."
The Marrakesh Treaty was officially proposed in 2009, successfully adopted
in June 2013 by the World Intellectual Property Organization, and signed by
the United States in October 2013. For more information on the treaty,
please visit https://nfb.org/marrakeshfactsheet.
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*About the National Federation of the Blind *The National Federation of
the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you
or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people,
because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our
dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you
back.
