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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. of America v. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy.

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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

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copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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It is an honor to build the tools used by leaders, staff and volunteers across the United States as they work to weave resilient and connected communities. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1964 It is still the Winter of America''s discontent. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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It is an honor to build the tools used by leaders, staff and volunteers across the United States as they work to weave resilient and connected communities. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1964 It is still the Winter of America''s discontent. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

She was an example for me throughout my childhood, bringing me along as she volunteered at soup kitchens, with the LDS cannery, and in the Scouts. I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. All You Need is Love.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Europe and the UK.

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Congratulations to Nonprofit Campaigners on Three Recent Victories - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) The terrific news is that the U.S.