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Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: A MAJOR DVS VICTORY


> What started out as a quiet Friday just became very exciting.  We have
> received word that the court has denied the request of the Motion Picture
> Association et al, to grant a stay and prevent implementation of the FCC's
> rule on video description.  This action follows a similar refusal by the FCC
> itself earlier this week.
>
> This means that audio described programming will begin on network television
> as scheduled, with the quarter which begins on April 1, 2002!!  Get ready for
> TV history and a really cool week in front of your TV sets.
>
> We at the ACB want to express our appreciation to all the blindness
> organizations who have worked tirelessly for more than fifteen years to
> achieve this breakthrough in accessibility!  We all have reason to celebrate,
> to pat one another on the back for a job well done, and to express our
> collective appreciation to the Federal Communications Commission, and the
> court, for recognizing that we who are blind and visually impaired have just
> as much right to enjoy the programming on television as everyone else in
> America.  How cool that we are about to
> see and hear history in the making!
>
>


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