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?
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 6, 2009
Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. The First Giving Blog has a post " Riffing On Creative Commons License ". And how do you respond?
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
APRIL 20, 2006
This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. I know a lot of people in the in the non-profit community think of Open-Source software as "free", as not requiring a license agreement. But the GPL very much reflects US copyright law.
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. the image falls under fair use or creative commons licensing or you have explicit permission from the owner). Adopting an attitude of generosity on the web goes a long way. Give credit where it’s due.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 18, 2007
adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). the work of copyright holders. It is an idea closely tied with the term user-generated content and creative commons licensing. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. Here's how the Creative Commons licenses work.
Care2
OCTOBER 20, 2007
The sea-change in nonprofit adoption of APIs has yet to occur. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To the extent that APIs make widgets possible, these nonprofits benefited from the use of open platform technology. But widgets are just the beginning.
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