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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. Universal City Studios, Inc., Universal City Studios, Inc., copyright law. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. of America v.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

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HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.

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Austria conference on access technology

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This is an academic conference on access technology, full of researchers trying out new things that will help people with disabilities. My first day was hanging out at the Young Researchers seminar, which was organized by Professors Paul Blenkhorn (the UK's first professor of access tech) and the ICCHP host Klaus Miesenberger.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's.

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Disclaimer Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Picture This: A Look Back at This Years Spring Forum posted by Kayla L. Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo. Making Philanthropy a Lifestyle, 365 Days a Year Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? ▼ March (8) "If you have to leave, why did you bother coming i.

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First trip to China

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I learned a lot about how blind people deal with Chinese: I thought it would be a difficult language to make accessible. After talking about Hadley's work in China, Chuck Young allowed me to address an audience at the university about how Bookshare.org could be used in Hong Kong and China.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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Access resources! The ASU Lodestar Center , the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits , YNPN Phoenix, my fellow MNpS graduates, my coworkers, boss, friends, and professional mentors are all resources I access to get me unstuck on my quest to improve the common good. But, the cards are copyrighted by Gallup. I will keep you posted!