Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Technology in the Arts recently released an excellent report on copyright law. PICT was in an uncomfortable middle ground: the company used union artists and performed copyrighted works, but lacked the Met's clout. I find the three companies' stories interesting.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Here is a snapshot of what happened and our tips for creating short-form videos at your nonprofit. Tips for nonprofit short-form video creation The way we make videos has changed so much over the last year. Our most recent experiment is doing sketches like the ones on generational differences or social media myths for nonprofits.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While there are risks of accepting in-kind donations, those risks can be offset by creating firm policies and guidelines surrounding the in-kind donations your nonprofit will accept. It can also include intangible property, such as copyrights and patents. Learn more about in-kind donations and how they can help your organization!

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Nonprofit attorney Kimberly Pendo, a founding member of Chicago Law Partners, is going to discuss the issues we all need to understand. Also on her agenda is how copyright law and fair use apply to AI. Get advice on the dos and don’ts from an expert.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

When I explained that our board just didn’t see manufacturing reading machines for the blind making financial sense for a for-profit company, Gerry said “How about you set up a deliberately nonprofit tech company?” I went to Gerry with the idea for Bookster. He also firmly suggested that I needed to change the name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

On the serious side, I wish there were some clear guidelines about what exactly is fair use in the nonprofit space. Copyright Office. The nature of the copyrighted work. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. How Does the Treaty Meet this Goal? It does that in two main ways. It doesn’t cover movies. Article 2(c).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

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. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He My idea was completely legal!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 19, 2013

Benetech, my nonprofit organization operates Bookshare, the largest online library dedicated to serving blind and print disabled people. a11y Marrakech exceptions accessibility print disabilities blind copyright dyslexia SCCR libraries publishing WIPO Reading Rights Coalition commerciality'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

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. Bureaucratic barriers to utilizing a copyright exception, as proposed by some publishers, makes the cost even greater.

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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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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2014

Copyright laws can be confusing and so mired in legalese that they're almost incomprehensible. Creative Commons has tried to make copyright law easier to understand and allow content creators to share what they've created, and to allow other people to use the content they've created for their own purposes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This historic international copyright exception treaty paves the way for a future in which people who cannot read regular printed materials can have equal access to books, regardless of where they live. There is still much to do, however, before the treaty takes full effect.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Wednesday at the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), we’re pleased to be leading a session all about artificial intelligence (AI) for mission-driven social media. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. If you aren’t attending NTC, don’t worry!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

I remember the day I told my wife, Virginia, that I’d do this “nonprofit thing” for just one year and then go back to regular for-profit high tech companies. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S. That was over 24 years ago! We hope you’ll join us on this journey.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

Our nonprofit organization operates Bookshare , the largest online library in the world that focuses on the needs of people with these disabilities. The creation of Bookshare was made possible because of an enlightened copyright law exception. And, that American copyright exception was the inspiration for the Marrakesh Treaty!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been collaborating on research and writing about the next wave of disruptive technologies (AI, Bots, and Robots) and what it means for the nonprofit sector. Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet. Is your nonprofit thinking about using bots?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. And, if a copyright holder doubts that your organization meets the requirement in making an accessible copy, they are welcome to file a legal complaint of copyright infringement and make the case. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2021

More nonprofits are beginning to see the immense value of the Google Ad Grants and have acquired it for themselves. However, as many nonprofit professionals know, acquiring the grant is only the beginning. As an agency that specializes in Google Ad Grant management, Nonprofit Megaphone has extensive experience in managing the Grant.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

If you want to give nonprofits and other noncommercial ventures permission to republish your story, but don't want to allow a company to sell it for profit, there's a license for that. How can we use memes while still respecting copyright and making sure content creators get appropriate credit? Don't know what to ask?

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Tags: copyright blind Bookshare Chafee. Section 121) , defines a special class of organizations known as authorized entities.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property? " – I am so happy to see this scholarship and hope that it ensures more nonprofits are on stage, in the hallway, and part of the vibrant conversations that SXSW is so known for!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Fear not, nonprofit professionals! posted by Aaron Stiner , Senior Program Manager, Paths of HOPE, Catholic Charities I am at one of the most intense, rewarding, and sometimes frightening times in my nonprofit career. But fear not, nonprofit professionals! And I dont think Im alone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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VisionLink

APRIL 16, 2014

We believe that organizations should be compensated for the creation, organization, maintenance, and updates of community information data, especially in the nonprofit space. In this nonprofit space, there are no discretionary profits available to allocate toward community information management.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. We get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Copyright P. If you technology decisions at your organization are driven by some of the following, we’d love to see you at NTEN''s Nonprofit Technology Conference (aka the NTC): We chose the system because we have a volunteer who knows it. Best Practices IT Management Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Technology'

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Tags: Arts organizations copyright Marketing nonprofit non-profit Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech promotion publicity social media Video Videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. What do we need to understand about copyrighted material and our content strategy? Source: amazon.com via Beth on Pinterest.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The application of these tools to nonprofit marketing is going to be another uncharted new world to navigate. And this applies directly to my main concern: copyright infringement and/or usage without consent. Should my nonprofit consider using AI imagery? What does AI art mean for designers? Rights Issues.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 1, 2011 How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Make the Leap posted by Robert Duea , Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center and Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center So, youre thinking about starting a nonprofit organization.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Nonprofits that want to connect with their constituents are almost obliged to participate on these networks. Yet, while the social networks hold tremendous benefit for nonprofits that successfully engage their stakeholders, there are also dangers. All in all, your nonprofit's content is not safe on these networks.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it!

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