Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 21, 2010

This is the international forum for discussing copyright issues, and it is the body considering the Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI). I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). It's becoming increasingly clear that the term of "Trusted Intermediaries" is loaded with the issue of "trust" becoming a codeword for having received permission. In the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 31, 2006

I learned that my buddy Martin Burt was on the front line of a revolution in Paraguay when mayor of the capital city, by calling in garbage trucks and bulldozers to surround the congress building while the army was busy shooting people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

We had a wide-ranging conversation about Bookshare and the current hot disability issues. I found it very exciting as President Obama's position on this developing issue! But engagement can be severely limited when information is not available in accessible formats. Really exciting.

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