bookshare inaccessible?

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John:

You're wrong. Benetech is not owned by Freedom Scientific. Where ever did you get such an idea into your head?

Benetech is a 501(c)3 non profit in the U.S. BookShare is one of several Benetech projects.

Perhaps here's what has you confused. Benetech was created when Arkenstone sold OpenBook to Freedom Scientific. Since
Arkenstone was also a 501(c)3, no money from that sale could go to an inidividual, as indeed it did not. Rather, the
President of Arkenstone, Jim Fruchterman, used the money to start Benetech, which he is also President of.

But it is certainly not "owned" by anyone.

On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, John J. Boyer wrote:

> Cheryl,
> Bookshare.org is run by Benetech, which is owned by Freedom Scientific.
> >From my experience with the  latter company I'm not surprised that
> bookshare.org is inaccessible. They have no sensitivity to their customers
> needs. They don't even run their business properly.
> John
> 
> 
> 

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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

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Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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