Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
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. a11y accessibility blind Bookshare copyright IP Marrakesh Treaty print disabilities visual impairment WIPO'
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 5, 2013
I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! copyright exception. We help more than 250,000 people with print disabilities thanks to our U.S. We have a treaty…and it’s great!
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. Remember how crucial the Section 121 copyright exception was to creating Bookshare?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2010
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. It has the power of the USG behind it: an important norm setting for both international and domestic activities. •
Care2
JUNE 4, 2009
This webinar features Misty Meeks, Online Communications Manager at World Society for the Protection of Animals- Canada , and Robyn Erler, Manager of Activism Marketing at Care2. It is with great anticipation that we look forward to learning from you how we can better the Adopt a School FunCard campaign via Social Media.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
For American students with disabilities – including Kevin, who is an active and enthusiastic Bookshare member – the availability of accessible books means staying on top of their schoolwork, and that leads to increased self-esteem. Roughly 1–2 per cent of students in the United States meet these requirements.
Care2
JUNE 13, 2009
“Facebook users with 500 friends actively follow the news on only 40 of them, communicate with 20, and keep in close touch with about 10. According to Facebook’s own data, the 55-to-65-year-old age groups activity has declined over the past couple months, some 651,080 of those users have quit Facebook. All rights reserved.
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