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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. Going forward, new countries that want to abide by the Treaty provisions would need to directly ratify it.
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. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . • law (this is a wildcard issue right now).
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Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 10, 2009
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act ("DMCA") workaround. But, the lousy quality of accessibility of the Kindle presents a civil rights problem: schools can't adopt Kindles and lock out their disabled students. Thanks to lobbying from the American Foundation for the Blind and others, it's actually legal under the laws of the U.S.
Care2
JULY 13, 2011
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. What policies and expectations have helped put your bloggers at ease? Give credit where it’s due. You gotta give to get. Over to you.
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
APRIL 20, 2006
Software that is released without copyright or license is termed Public Domain software. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea. This use of the copyright law to encourage copying is refered to in FOSS circles as Copyleft. But the GPL very much reflects US copyright law.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
Moreover, these accessible books are available for free, since the United States Government funds the Bookshare library to meet requirements in national disability rights and education laws. The Bookshare library is made possible by a copyright exception: Section 121 of the United States Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment.
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