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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. copyright law.

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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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Lame spam of the day: Instant Acrobat Upgrade

Robert Weiner

Text: INTRODUCING UPGRADED ADOBE ACROBAT READER 2012. Since the Holidays are in full swing and the New Year is approaching, we've decided to unveil our Acrobat Reader/Writer 2012. Copyright 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Sender: Adobe Acrobat Reader (northern_tool@newsletter.northerntool.com). Ensure visual fidelity.

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Lame spam of the day: CitiBank Account Alert

Robert Weiner

Copyright 2012 CitiBank. Your Cardmember information is included in the upper-right corner to help you recognize this as a customer service e-mail from CitiBank. Using the spam/junk mail function may not block servicing messages from being sent to your email account. All rights reserved. CASEUPSW0001005. Here's what it looks like:

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Lame spams of the day: More people sending me money

Robert Weiner

Text: Dear Customer, The following is your Credit Card settlement report for Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Transaction Volume Statistics for Settlement Batch dated 14-Aug-2012. Business Day: 14-Aug-2012. Business Day: 14-Aug-2012. © Copyright 2011 Online Payment Center, South House, Black Prince Road, US SE1 7SJ.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. thanks to our domestic copyright exception. Today, Bookshare has more than 175,000 books available in the U.S.

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Good Curation VS Bad Curation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” He says that copyright infringement is not theft. ” This is the topic of my feature article the NTEN Change journal for June, 2012. I think it can serve as an excellent reference, when in doubt about whether you are still doing the right thing or not, when it comes to re-using and republishing other people content.

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