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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

You might ask: why would an organization that in many ways provides a competitive alternative to e-readers object to e-readers being exempted from accessibility requirements? Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? We think the best long-term way to solve this equal access problem is, well, equal access.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. Government, and it talks about being interested in working on addressing the problem and discussing a wide range of solutions including the proposed Treaty. The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. This alternative to cloud computing consists of all the computers that are already around us, connected in to a distributed network of devices through smart routers.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities. Roughly 1–2 per cent of students in the United States meet these requirements.

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5 Website Features All New Nonprofits Should Know and Use

Get Fully Funded

Nonprofit websites have grappled with this problem for some time and have come to a few useful solutions, such as: Blog. However, maintaining a library of useful resources can engage your current supporter base and provide new donors and members with a backlog of content to enjoy as they learn about your nonprofit. Color contrast.

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Preparing for Planned Giving Conversations—24 Terms You Need to Know

Connection Cafe

Many wills and trusts are still written with quite formal language and might be similar to this example: “ I give, bequeath, and devise the sum of fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) to Middletown Library, located at 123 Main Sreet, Middletown, Wyoming. Ten percent (10%) of my estate to Middletown Library.”.