Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Those that are published don’t actually reach many of the people who might want to read them because of affordability. It made me who I am. I’m a big fan of the printed book and always have been.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2009
Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S. During the meeting in Geneva, there was worrisome rhetoric coming from the advocacy community, like the Boing Boing post USA, Canada and the EU attempt to kill treaty to protect blind people's access to written material.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
Although it might seem like a complicated document , we’re really excited about it because we think it will greatly improve global access for people with bona fide print disabilities. The goal of the Treaty is to end the book famine for people who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. Article 2(c).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 9, 2023
The article reinforces the message we’ve shared for years that these tools can benefit nonprofits in many ways, especially small nonprofits. The article warns as we do in our book that the danger is that nonprofits will grab the software off the shelf before its limitations are understood.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 21, 2007
Interesting article over at the icommons.org site called CC Licensing Practice Reviewed Alek Tarkowski, ccPoland It mentions an experiment in a dutch town where they removed the traffic signs or the rules. As noted in the article, Once rules are removed, people become considerate. iron cage of copyright??? What this ???sloppiness???
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. We did not look at this as legal experts, but rather as organizations that are dedicated to serving people with disabilities.
Media Cause
DECEMBER 21, 2022
A lot of people are talking about it right now. And this applies directly to my main concern: copyright infringement and/or usage without consent. In a recent article about this topic, author Sharon Goldman presents varying schools of thought. “I can absolutely see the potential. Rights Issues. Inclusivity.
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