Wednesday, September 30, 2009

"National Book Registry,...or is Bookstore?"

In my email inbox this morning:

More news about how Google wants to take over the world...
Okay, maybe not the world, but they are trying to usurp the copyright rights of creative people (writers, artists,...).  They have allegedly already illegally scanned some books.They can potentially cheat millions of writers out of royalties due them, if they are allowed to do what they want to do.
You can read about it and get involved in the fight against it by clicking this link:
http://ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com/

If you want to write your congressmen, but don't know who they are, or their contact info, click here. This website makes it easy.
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

One final thought:
From http://www.quotationspage.com:
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."   --- Margaret Mead (19091-1978)

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