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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. Universal City Studios, Inc., Universal City Studios, Inc., copyright law. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. of America v.

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Big Meeting on the Treaty this Week!

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The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

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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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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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Third, the print book is not universally accessible. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. My idea was completely legal!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

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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. A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] Pollak, T.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

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million in government grants , although Ill guess that those were probably really contracts. Shawn: The law is too cut and dry on distribution of charitable assets. Theyre apparently dead, and the IRS is just now cleaning up the body. The third one is Western Navajo Juvenile Services Coordinating Council, in Tuba City. Central Ave.

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Replay: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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