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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. of America v.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

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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'

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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The Global Literacy team, led by VP & General Manager Betsy Beaumon, just celebrated our latest major milestones: serving 300,000 members, the majority of whom are American students with disabilities, and offering 250,000 accessible books on the virtual shelves of our library. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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So You Think You Can Blog? Guidelines For New Bloggers

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Celebrate your volunteers? Respect copyright laws by quoting and linking to the full text and only use images that you have permission to use (i.e. Adopting an attitude of generosity on the web goes a long way. Your bloggers won't stay committed to blogging regularly unless they understand your goals for blogging.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). Tourism Campaigns or celebrate a place or county or state. the work of copyright holders. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. The growing adoption of wikis in educational. True adoption of Web2.0

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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I am so excited that we were able to spread the news of our foundation and how people can help orphans in China through our charity to a wider audience, as most of our donors in the past were tied somehow to adoption. Ruth, Religion Newswriters Association December 3, 2008 | Ruth Portnoy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

I am so excited that we were able to spread the news of our foundation and how people can help orphans in China through our charity to a wider audience, as most of our donors in the past were tied somehow to adoption. Ruth, Religion Newswriters Association December 3, 2008 | Ruth Portnoy Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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