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Please go here to read the "talking points" of the bill's backers, written by Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, for the Board of the Illustrators’ Partnership

It's so important to keep up the fight to veto this. I'm addressing the crafting industry today because
a. my readers are crafters,
b. My main income is currently derived from this industry
c. The crafting industry is a 30 billion dollar a year industry and
d. This sector of consumer goods is particularly at risk due to the nature of our products, that is, products that get used by secondary creators for derivitive works which often are published electronically on various blogs, galleries, forums and websites.
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