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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
exception, Section 121, posted at Bookshare as the Chafee Amendment, the term is "authorized entities." and as far as I know, most of the other exceptions) law, there is no approval or authorization by other entities, whether government, publishing industry or the disability consumer organizations. In the U.S. This is a crucial point.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Section 121) , defines a special class of organizations known as authorized entities. Dozens of publishers and authors have signed contracts with Bookshare that confirm and support its work as an authorized entity as well. Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 12, 2014
In Authors Guild v. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. A federal district court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012, finding that HathiTrust’s process was fair use under U.S. The Authors Guild then appealed the ruling. copyright law).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 28, 2013
It is our hope that Benetech’s Bookshare library, the authorized entity which we believe has the world’s largest accessible online collection with its 198,000 titles, becomes a major source of books for all people who are blind or otherwise print disabled. We believe it’s possible to build on top of this asset without recreating it.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 22, 2013
Authorized entities need access to digital content in order to cost-effectively deliver access. Use of TPMs by Authorized Entities The use of TPMs by authorized entities has been presented as somehow invalidating their concerns about TPMs, but this conclusion is logically flawed. NLS in the U.S.), Bookshare).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The technical advisers reviewed the treaty specifically to look at how authorized entities and consumers with print disabilities would be able to operate if the treaty passed in its current form (with all bracketed material omitted) or with some of the bracketed additions included. We don’t think the commerciality issue belongs in the treaty.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
The deal was: help people with disabilities that can't access books and don't hurt the economic interests of the publishers (and authors). uses the term "Competent Authority" to describe these professionals). We run regular searches on the Web for Bookshare content -- much like publishers and authors do.
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