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JULY 28, 2014

He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ). Inspiring hacker-led efforts to collaboratively experiment to advance the field of accessibly in education through initiative such as an accessibility sprint with OERPub , or work on MathML protocol handler.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. And, Benetech is committed as an organization to all of these six principles. of America v.

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JULY 15, 2014

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. HathiTrust.

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MARCH 10, 2014

When Kevin was in kindergarten he had an organic brain injury, which forced him to have to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. Every month, our staff receives letters from individuals whose lives have been touched by our work. Meet Kevin and “Sophia” (who anonymously shared her story with my team).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

These are exciting times for everyone who’s been working to meet the accessibility imperative, as we are witnessing global movements that will increase accessible publishing and create new and better opportunities for people with disabilities.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

With this new site, we hope to better share our story and the impact of our work in a clear and consistent way across our four program areas , which encompass a diverse set of initiatives, products and services. You’ll also find information about several meaningful ways to support our work. Look around—there’s a lot that’s new.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

We really love this approach, which we think of making our money work twice. For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. After the visit, we headed out for a nice lunch, where Phab had me work the tables talking to the students.

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MARCH 13, 2014

And this creates serious personal threats in an era where numerous organizations around the world collect individually identifiable data that regularly leaks into other hands. Take for example a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights-focused organization with which we work.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

It’s hard for most organizations to accommodate nonstandard approaches to work. Rights-focused: Advancing the human rights of disadvantaged people is central to our work. Flexibility: We expect the work to get done, and provide our professional staff a high degree of flexibility on how to get it done. What’s the catch?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The process took us longer than we anticipated, but that is due in large part to the great things we’ve been able to achieve from the collaboration between the technology and the analytical sides of our work. I encourage you to check out HRDAG’s new website to get more information and to stay informed about their new and ongoing work.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

We must also put our technology innovations into the users’ hands, see what actually works, and adapt as necessary. Having long supported human rights activists, we know the importance of confidentiality when working with victims and witnesses. Let me explain further.

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OCTOBER 20, 2012

Benetech applauds the efforts of philanthropic organizations and individuals who pay special attention to improving the very practice of philanthropy. Rather, the couple realized they improved their decision-making and got much more insight into prospective nonprofit grantee organizations by speaking to their founders and executives.

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MAY 17, 2013

It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work. Martín has worked tirelessly to disseminate the social innovations he has created in Paraguay throughout the world. and Africa. and Africa. Congratulations, Martín!

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AUGUST 24, 2017

We are an organization that has been fighting to overcome the negative impact of DRM on accessibility for over a decade. DRM has been the enemy of accessibility, not to mention the ugly compromise DRM represents to technical excellence and freedom.

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APRIL 30, 2012

The ESI Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy, and that challenge the status quo to create sustainable social value with a potential for large-scale impact. We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is organized as a nonprofit, but run like a business. Whether you are a nonprofit leader with a track record of using technology to improve outcomes, or a for-profit tech leader with a history of commitment to social justice organizations, we want to see a commitment to both sides. You’ve come to the right place: Benetech.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Unfortunately, the economic model that works so well for creating wealth, falls short when it comes to helping the poor. That’s why Benetech is organized as a nonprofit: we can afford to work on exciting problems. Silicon Valley is an incredible force for change. We just have to find a way to break- even!

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JULY 3, 2013

As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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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. or the work we do. We know a great deal about this Treaty, which is designed to help people who are blind or have other disabilities that interfere with reading, such as dyslexia.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times. Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Benetech, my nonprofit organization operates Bookshare, the largest online library dedicated to serving blind and print disabled people. We seek to work with whatever device is in the possession of every disabled person, whatever is in their pocket or bag. We provide library services in rich countries for US$75 per year per person.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. Works Covered.

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APRIL 20, 2013

Helen Keller, who worked for AFB for many years, was on the original award board for its first twenty years, starting in 1937. The World Blind Union is working right now, with support from our community, to get a global treaty to help the blind, with a hopeful date of this June for that treaty to be concluded.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

Our work is made possible thanks to the generosity of our supporters. Please join us in the Skoll Foundation’s second annual Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge —a fundraising campaign committed to strengthening the capacity of organizations like ours to accelerate impact on some of the most critical issues of our time.

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MARCH 18, 2012

Like going to hackathons and wish you could get paid to work on a good cause full time? This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world. If hired, ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

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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! We think this exception has worked extraordinarily well in the U.S.: Thank you!

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MARCH 28, 2014

Will such an app work? If it worked, would it lead to behavior change that would save lives? He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. Andrew’s challenge wasn’t an empty one: his team could measure the effectiveness of interventions we might try and see how well they work.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The Bookshare Library Experience I am the CEO of Benetech, the nonprofit organization that provides the world’s largest online collection of accessible books, for people with disabilities that interfere with reading, through our Bookshare library. exception model works well here. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Our international Bookshare service recently announced new partnerships with three organizations that are reaching out to readers with print disabilities in their home countries. Benetech looks forward to working with all these groups to provide the latest books, especially textbooks (primarily in English). ?

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JANUARY 1, 2011

Benetech is a Silicon Valley nonprofit organization developing innovative technology solutions with a primary goal of positive social change rather than profit. Our work has significant impact on users, partners, and the fields of social enterprise, human rights, disability and the environment. Benetech works in partnerships.

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JULY 5, 2013

It will also be possible for Bookshare to deliver our entire library—instead of only the titles we have permissions from publishers to share—directly to people with print disabilities living in other countries using our individual membership system (it works just like your own library card). I’m excited to report: they did just that.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. We did not look at this as legal experts, but rather as organizations that are dedicated to serving people with disabilities.

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MAY 7, 2012

But, unrestricted funding is far harder to raise, because the donor is investing in the leadership of the organization as opposed to a specific set of deliverables. It's been working its network of donors interested in water issues who can make a commitment at this level, and have found three more donors for a total of $4 million so far.

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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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JANUARY 5, 2015

One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This revised project included the conversion of books into accessible formats and working with multiple schools.

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JUNE 22, 2013

Each new content delivery system is eagerly tested by technically oriented blind individuals or the organizations serving them, often to result in disappointment and widespread advice to avoid wasting limited resources on inaccessible content. NLS in the U.S.), as well as “soft” TPMs such as fingerprinting (i.e., Bookshare).

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