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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. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances.

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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. I had never heard of it. It was a magical hour.

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next technique that I am exploring in my screencasting/videocasting skill set is the addition of music. I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1. My (incorrect) perception that non-copyrighted music is crap. Finding Good Quality Music Sources Isn't Impossible. Trade Off: What value does music add?

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

Have Fun - Do Good

Built-in mike MicroTrack 2 by M-Audio. Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting). Podcasting Hardware Olympus Digital Recorders $125-$200 on Amazon Samson Zoom H4 Handy Digital Recorder. About $270 on Amazon.com. About $270 on Amazon.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Bookshare library is made possible by a copyright exception: Section 121 of the United States Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment. Students outside the United States are not covered by this national copyright exception, because every country has its own copyright law.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Full of copyright issues. I wanted to use more video examples, but only selected one that was more of a music video in case the audio didn't work. Interactive. Collaborating. Data easy to reuse. Don't learn difficult technology first, wait until it becomes easier. I loved how these matched what I presented as the themes.

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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. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Audioboo is a social network of audio recordings. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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