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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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2011 Nonprofit Day

Amy Sample Ward

Date : September 19, 2011. Description : Technology, access to information (and misinformation) and the changing scale of communications have definitely played a role in igniting social change and affected the way we build movements. Location : San Francisco, CA. Topic : Rethinking Movement Building.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Picture This: A Look Back at This Years Spring Forum posted by Kayla L. March 22, 2011 1:57 PM Brittany said. Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo. What a great glimpse into the forum, Kayla. Thanks for sharing! Nice work Kayla. Thanks for sharing!

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Giving Trends in Mexico: Millennials and Gen Z Drive Rise in Online Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Access to the internet in Mexico has grown very rapidly over the last decade. When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult. How has this impacted individual giving to NGOs in Mexico?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, May 6, 2011 Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona nonprofit sector! May 6, 2011 1:19 PM Tom Noble said. 7 :) May 6, 2011 1:44 PM Sarah H said. May 6, 2011 2:02 PM Kayla said. May 6, 2011 2:28 PM Laura Bush said. May 6, 2011 3:57 PM Kayla said. Nice quiz! Great point, Sarah!

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. The app and its interface is confusing to most people who came of age accessing the Internet primarily through a keyboard. Sign up for Snapcash. Share your first Snap to “My Story.”

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