[bksvol-discuss] Re: Copyright Owners Fight Plan to Release E-Books for the Blind
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:50:15 -0700
Cindy, during the last meeting, the issue was tabled. So...
On 12/15/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Cindy. It is such a help to have people like you support us by
> writing letters. This issue means so much to me. I have a close friend who
> lives in the Philippines. She is so limited in what she can read because the
> books just aren't available. She's a programmer, wants to work full-time,
> and loves to read mysteries and romances. She's only able to get programming
> books that are around 10 years old, for technology that we don't even use
> anymore. She gets the public domain books from Bookshare and wants to be
> able to read what we can.
>
> I feel so humbled. It is because I was born to parents in the right country
> that I can read freely. She was born to parents somewhere else and has few
> legal options. To me, that's just not right.
>
>
> Monica Willyard
> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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