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My remarks just made at WIPO today

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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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Economically, open looks better than closed

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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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Speaking of open social networks …

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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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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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Just when you thought the election couldn’t get more fun…

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Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed! Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Second Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards

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You can see more great nonprofit videos at DoGooderTV. Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment mul-timedi-a.net Second Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards… Die empfohlenen Politiken tragen notwendig zur Verschärfung großräumiger, kleinräumiger und sozialer Ungleichheit bei. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » ABC Talks Nonprofit Tech

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Unfortunately, Katrin neglected to mention DoGooderTV, but we know that next time she will give DoGooderTV, which hosted the NTEN – See3 Nonprofit Video Contest , a big plug. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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