Adopt Copyright Library Measure 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
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. copyright law.
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! After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. copyright exception.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Technological Protection Measures. How Does the Treaty Meet this Goal?
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. I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 23, 2008
Many early adopters in nonprofits got started this way - outside of the firewall. Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. follow up here ) A pilot project the Library of Congress is undertaking with Flickr , the enormously popular photo-sharing site that has been a Web 2.0 Launched in Jan.
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