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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. Going forward, new countries that want to abide by the Treaty provisions would need to directly ratify it.

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APRIL 20, 2013

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In all seriousness, 2013 has been an incredibly busy and productive year for us. We know, however, that we’ve only scratched the surface of meeting the global need for access to books and information. I’m excited to share highlights from our work and its significance for the multitudes we serve.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” And new technology and new operational models are needed to do far more good with the same or fewer resources.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. Neverware’s pricing is a subscription model – monthly per PC fee.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

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. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books. And that’s what we did with Bookshare!

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