Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic. This should be a subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to information. If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access will become more difficult. Your rights to even complain about the problem could get curtailed based on what media you use to object. In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I suspect we will lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy. The national security agencies are in Washington today requesting more relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our privacy. It is sad that a national disaster such as the events over the past week, will play right into the hands of organizations wishing to become your big brother. This is not the forum for this type of discussion, however, I often wonder how many people actually understand what is being done to the rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives. Kirk Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061
