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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Wonderful stuff.

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Top 10 Panels at Nonprofit Technology Conference - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. Burks | Mercy Corps Communications Track - Franciscan B Action is at the heart of what our organizations do. All rights reserved.

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Tools Galore in Online Communications - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Use email to reach out to your constituents to let them know what youre up to or to ask them to take action. opening: do you make your email seem personal, use your database to insert members names design: is it clean?

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Wonderful stuff.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. PicMark is a free tool that easily enables you to watermark your images before uploading them to social networks.

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The Wealth of Networks, Part II

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

He further says: "If information producers do not need to capture the economic benefits of their particular information outputs, or if some businesses can capture the economic value of their information production by means other than exclusive control … the justification for regulating access by granting copyrights is weakened."

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Open Government: A Recap of TransparencyCamp - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Regulations.gov and OpenRegulations : Regulations.gov is your one-stop website to find, view, and comment on Federal regulations and other Federal actions. Like Allyson, I was unable to attend, but your summary opens a window onto the event. March 19, 2009 | Kristin Wolff Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Thanks so much.