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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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The Art of Relevance is Now Available For Free on the Web (and Here's Why)

Museum 2.0

You can still buy The Art of Relevance as a paperback, ebook, or audiobook--but you can also read any chapter, any time, online. You can also post comments on any chapter, adding your reactions and questions to the published content. Why make the book available for free under a Creative Commons license?

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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. I'm also going to copy portions into the comments section of their specific posts. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Are they intended to inspire students?

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. And I heard from many of you eager to plan, but not knowing how to start or where to find the time. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. students at Stanford University. billion users, was only founded in 2004.

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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

The organization likes to have two major construction projects going at a time, plus several smaller projects. Dan reports that their students get first-hand experience learning carpentry and other construction skills from contractors willing to take the time to teach basic skills. How TechSoup Donations Help the Organization.

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Two Truths and a Lie: TechSoup New Products Edition

Tech Soup

Leave your answers in the comments below. Unlike many other subscription services, Box offers TechSoup members 10 perpetual licenses to the service. Now is a good time to get an SSL certificate: Mozilla recently announced its plans to decrease support for non-secure websites. Which one is the lie? Two Truths and a Lie.

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