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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. Noteworthy Articles in the Treaty: Article 2(a). Article 2(c). Articles 5 and 6.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. My idea was completely legal!

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

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Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses. Do not modify (make "derivatives") of the article.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's still a journey we are on and we've had many success till date - Skype reading sessions across countries, helping us get books to children across the country, audio books created for the blind , iPad apps being made of our content and so much more. Example of Partham Books on mobile phones. Channels used : Scribd, Blog, Flickr.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

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The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. “Increasingly, audio and video on the Web are critical tools [for nonprofit groups] for communicating to people about the work they’re doing, and I only see that intensifying,&# Ms. Click here to view the front page of the issue.)

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

See3

The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. “Increasingly, audio and video on the Web are critical tools [for nonprofit groups] for communicating to people about the work they’re doing, and I only see that intensifying,&# Ms. Click here to view the front page of the issue.)

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Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Audio/visual content and video in particular is rapidly moving to the mobile space as the number of video service providers increase and bandwidth reaches 3G capacity. August 12, 2007 | Francis Copyright © 2008, Care2.com This could finally make online fundraising a success. All rights reserved.