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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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Free Report on Nonprofits and Copyright

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Technology in the Arts recently released an excellent report on copyright law. The report is intended primarily for arts and performance organizations, but it has a lot of material that's useful to anyone who works with online media, including great summaries of what is and isn't covered under public domain and fair use.

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Social Media Usage Guidelines: Don't moon people with cameras (or at least hide your face when you do)

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Source: www.facetime.com/survey08/summary/. who is the Law & Technology Director at Fenwick & West LLP (F&W), a Silicon-Valley-based law firm. 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.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION The recent EPA EIS on MTM found that only 6.8% Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3. Obvious isn’t it.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The team laid out the figure below: Benetech's Equilibrium Change Model Looking at this summary of how Benetech operates, it was clear to me that our theory of change matched the framework from Osberg and Martin. But, to make that happen, we need to recreate the favorable copyright policy environment we enjoy in the United States.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

the work of copyright holders. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. has made it easy for content creators to share or protect their work by developing flexible and voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright licenses for creative works. Experiment Learning 2.0:

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This Digital Marketing Process Will Make You Write Better Content

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The conclusion of your article is a condensed summary of your major points and if possible should be no longer than 2-3 sentences, or about 50-75 words. Avoid Copyright Infringement. In Google, you also have the option to filter out copyrighted images under the tools section. Conclusion.

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