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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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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.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

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In general, we have patents and copyrights and trade secrets as commercial objects because we as a society think that it helps bring the benefits of new creations to everyone. Benetech's recommendation is to apply intellectual property to unmet social needs, by encouraging WEF stakeholders to think beyond solely profitable applications.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. Canadians with disabilities will now have access to Bookshare through their public libraries and the Canadian National Institute of the Blind. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

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As a nonprofit example, Ilie offered the 6-word story of an organization that helps the visually impaired: "Blind graduate works for National Bank." Honolulu, United States: Applications for Good rounded out the chat with a look at digital storytelling with communities who are not or less digitally engaged.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: $250000 Collaboration Prize Finalists.

ASU Lodestar Center

These model collaborations were selected from a pool of over 800 applications from around the country. The winner of the $250,000 prize will be announced in April, and is chosen by a Final Selection Panel of national experts chaired by Sterling Speirn , CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Richmond, Virginia Graduate! Check it out!

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

This virtual desktop solution connects to a nonprofit or school’s existing computer system very quickly and allows older computers to run Windows 7 and Windows applications as well as new PCs. I see the grand wave of IoT and Big Data combining to generate the copyright issue for the ages. The nonprofit refurbisher.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving.

ASU Lodestar Center

Independent Sector and the National Council of Churches note the "extraordinary philanthropy of Americas givers to religion" in a recent study [3] that explores the relationship between faith and charitable giving. link] ^ [2] There is caution in applying these statistics as they are for national averages.