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’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. The first issue is that the treaty would not permit direct access by consumers to international authorized entities.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

In general, we have patents and copyrights and trade secrets as commercial objects because we as a society think that it helps bring the benefits of new creations to everyone. What about access to knowledge about how to prevent your child from dying from a preventable illness? We often leave 90% of the planet out of these discussions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

Legal liability, copyright infringement and harassment claims. intranet) access, AUPs are important to protect young users against. to or accessing the network. organization’s data if the user is an employee) when accessing or while. device to access your network, your AUP should address who is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. The question made think about the word " attribution " which is an important concept in the Creative Commons license.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Also, for our Creative Commons licensed books to be remixed/repurposed by the community in whatever way they wish to. Flickr : Documentation of the work we do and also to upload our Creative Commons licensed illustrations so that they can be remixed/reused. (See See this blog post from Creative Commons ). Channels used: Blog, Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Subsequently, I invited Gautam John who works with Pratham Books to write a guest post about their social publishing strategy where he briefly touched upon their use of Creative Commons licenses. Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses by Gautam John. Creative Commons to the rescue.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Office 365 is basically a full-featured online version of Microsoft Office that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access. I see the grand wave of IoT and Big Data combining to generate the copyright issue for the ages. in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

Do not reference or identify any person, entity, trademark, copyright, or property in your post unless you and/or your group have received that person's/entity's permission in writing. Limit one submission per individual. Do not copy the work of any other person or entity. (b) b) Third Party Rights. c) Grant of Rights to Sponsor.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

Participants were asked to photograph objects and their accession numbers so staff could identify and describe the objects properly. In contrast, the Wikimedians were focused on making cultural content digitally available online using as open a licensing structure as possible. Image verification was a Herculean effort.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

No matter how stringently you limit access to material or how quickly you delete it, once something is shared, it’s possible it can be shared widely. Respect copyright laws by quoting and linking to the full text and only use images that you have permission to use (i.e. There is no delete. Give credit where it’s due.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. However, access to the tools isn't enough. Reform Copyright.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

I decided to self-publish The Participatory Museum for four reasons: OPENNESS: I wanted the flexibility to license and distribute the book using an open structure to promote sharing. Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. I chose the Attribution Noncommercial license.

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See3

AUGUST 9, 2007

The Red Cross has made a move in recent years that threaten the business interests of Johnson & Johnson by licensing the symbol to companies that make consumer medical products. Their move into licensing reminds me of AARP, an organization with a massive for-profit subsidiary. I am not sure that’s the case here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

You can think of it as having 24/7 access to another users filing cabinet, but each user's collection of bookmarks helps to build an rich knowledge network. the work of copyright holders. It is an idea closely tied with the term user-generated content and creative commons licensing. Here's how the Creative Commons licenses work.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

More and more of our data is in the cloud, or accessible via APIs. Remixing the content: Government content can't be copyrighted, so you're free to grab and reuse any government created content on the site. But they've also made sure that third-party content is licensed through Creative Commons.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com If youve ever used My Yahoo! All rights reserved.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 21, 2007

The visitors may want a personal webpage of their content that they can access later. But this approach limits the museum to being a generic platform for creation, rather than connecting visitors to museum-owned or –licensed artifacts. In a world of 2.0, this seems like an inadequate approach, both for the visitors and the museum.

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