Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Statement of Benetech to the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the World Intellectual Property Organization June 15, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland • Greetings from California’s Silicon Valley! Now, more than 30,000 current copyrighted books are available globally on Bookshare to thousands of users. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. 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. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. I'm not aware of any litigation in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2015

While the meeting was going on, we heard that Spain’s government had forwarded the treaty to their parliament for ratification. We’re doing a ton of work with partners in India , the first country to ratify it, to allow people in India to take full advantage of India’s now-favorable copyright environment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field. It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection. government and states like Texas.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I wanted to give back to society, to help people who didn’t have vision with their education so that they could become economically and socially independent." Since Viji was raised in India, she began looking at the educational challenges faced by people from that country. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

In general, we have patents and copyrights and trade secrets as commercial objects because we as a society think that it helps bring the benefits of new creations to everyone. What about literacy and education? Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

What do we need to understand about copyrighted material and our content strategy? It is an thorough guide for the most common legal, governance, and fundraising compliance issues facing nonprofits. Her writing style is less lawyerly, and well, human.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. Educate: Important to train or make employees aware of the implications. Can an employee be fired for off-duty online behavior?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? The Brazilian government distributed this drug to each of their 203,000 AIDS patients free of charge. Why should nonprofit organizations pay attention to copyright or your organization's goals? He is also a professor at Stanford Law School.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

In response to the growing needs of professional nonprofit managers, numerous university-based nonprofit management education programs have emerged, but few offer continuing education for nonprofit professionals. We welcome your input and feedback. ^ [1] Wing, K. Pollak, T. & Blackwood, A. The Nonprofit Almanac. Washington, D.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

The next one is Educational Care, in Tempe, who reported $1.8 Seems that Summa not only has the same phone number, but once had the same exact address as Educational Care. In any case, Educational Care doesnt turn up other traces. million in government grants , although Ill guess that those were probably really contracts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2011

Part of the problem is that so many organizations fall under the umbrella of "nonprofit," which is a big stew of everything that isnt a government agency or registered as a business. To further complicate things the term "nonprofit" is used by states, but not the federal government. Give or take 10,000 either way.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. Answer : A copyright exception makes it much easier for people with print disabilities to get access to the materials they need for education, employment and social inclusion.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Here are three things I’m excited about (revealing my inner political dork yet again): The opening plenary--Pervasive Politics: How Ubiquitous Technology Will Change Politics & Government. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com March 5 Conference website Post a Comment | by Share Article in Misc. All rights reserved.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In an article titled "Where Lying Was Business as Usual," Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Peter Drucker has pointed out that our educational system is obsessed with people''s weaknesses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

In contrast, the Current Population Survey is a government-sponsored telephone survey that interviewed 57,000 households in 2008. Approximately 1,000 Arizonans sit on their KnowledgePanel , and 687 of them took the time to respond to the Giving and Volunteering Survey questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders).

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. “Last month, The New York Times Magazine invited five interested parties to lunch to discuss the new world of educational philanthropy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States. Right now we are successfully convincing major educational publishers to build accessibility features into their standard ebooks. It makes a copyright exception like the U.S.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

In the simplest terms, SOPA would've created a "de facto blacklist of sites accused of infringing on copyright," Reitman said. Let's say you or even one of your supporters remixed a video that included a sample of copyrighted music, and this video was linked from your website. Why Should You Care? Future Threats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

In our prep call, Daren clearly explained what to keep in mind when using social channels to engage with elected officials – and boils down to the distinction between elevating or educating about a policy issue and partisan support – the latter is not allowed by IRS guidelines. Social Media and Employees.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2008

Each year they give prizes ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 to 15 people over the age of 60 creating new and innovative ways to tackle tough social problems, from reforming education to improving healthcare, curbing global warming to ending poverty. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. November 5, 2008 | pavlo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Hope youre doing well!

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. November 5, 2008 | pavlo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Hope youre doing well!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

We must create and develop policies that ensure everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities. The United States Government has long been a leader in producing and facilitating the dissemination of materials accessible to blind and visually impaired persons.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 19, 2022

Headquartered in New York and Chicago, the Firm provides strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies and leading families and individuals around the world, with experience in fields ranging from mergers and acquisitions and crisis communications to marketing, government affairs and international media.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

OneWebDay provides an opportunity for communities to celebrate the power of the Web for positive change, to take action to protect what they value most about it, and to educate the public and policy-makers on the social, economic, and political impact of the Web. You can send an Op-Ed to a local newspaper about local digital divides.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This time I had three agenda items for my conversations with congressional staff: Advocating for funding for special education. I had a joint meeting (both Republicans and Democrats) with the key Senate Judiciary Committee staff who are the copyright experts, and learned a lot about the process. Student privacy. Visiting the Hon.

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