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Copyright treaty in Geneva Advances!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Lots of excitement recently in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organization. We've been supportive of an effort by the World Blind Union to get an international treaty in place that sets up a global system much like the one we have today in the United States.

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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). When you use the exception, you are asserting that your organization meets this qualification. The concept of TIs uses U.S. and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point.

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Net2Local November Event Preview

Tech Soup

Net2Local is a project of TechSoup Global that invites activists, techies, nonprofits and the social good community together to meet monthly in 50 cities around the world. We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Newest Net2Local Groups. Mukono, Uganda.

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NetSquared in May: Healthy as an Ox

Tech Soup

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. NetSquared’s Organizers are movers and shakers. Maria Zaghi in Guatemala is bringing her fellow Latin American organizers together for a regional salon (Watch out! Highlights from the Community. May Events.

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Join a Nonprofit Tech User Group This August

Tech Soup

Your NetSquared organizers are gearing up for Social Media September , a month of social media for social good -themed events. As a warm-up our organizers in Manchester and Cambridge are holding surgeries this August. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. The event format is a lot of fun. Don’t believe me?

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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

That's why each month NetSquared organizers in 60 cities across the globe host networking events for the nonprofit tech community. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

Tech Soup

NetSquared’s global network of volunteers will be organizing more than 30 events this April in communities as diverse as Mukono, Uganda; Wellington, New Zealand; and Boston, USA. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. That’s what happens when you gather the #nptech tribe together!