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The Iron Cage of Copyright

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Interesting article over at the icommons.org site called CC Licensing Practice Reviewed Alek Tarkowski, ccPoland It mentions an experiment in a dutch town where they removed the traffic signs or the rules. As noted in the article, Once rules are removed, people become considerate. iron cage of copyright???

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AI Image Prompt Inspiration to Build Your Brand Style

Whole Whale

We wrote this article because our very own site is in a visual crisis as we transition to AI-based images. 14 Sites to Help You With AI Art Image Prompts : A curated list of 14 websites that provide AI art image prompts and resources.

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Bookshare.org and Lobster

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We just did a site upgrade on Bookshare.org : our third in as many months. can easily see which books have global permissions, which are required when we can't rely on our copyright exemption (which only works inside the U.S.). Among the dozens of improvements in this update are two that I'm particularly jazzed about.

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TechSoup Online Event on 3/25: Images of Social Change: Online Photo Sharing for your Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

25, in the TechSoup Emerging Technologies Forum as we discuss issues such as: Benefits of using online photo sharing sites to build community and awareness for your cause. Copyright and privacy guidelines for sharing photos. Be sure to check out this recent introductory article I wrote over at TechSoup. Join us Tues.

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Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Six months later, and despite being delayed again by work, a new template for GBK, and eventually several additional green sites, is almost done. McCown -- who got over 1,400 signatures on a petition to restore ferry service -- was onto something, I decided to add to her total by creating an online petition on The Petition Site.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I've included the post below, but comments are best done on the HuffPo site above. 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. How would you try to change the world if you had the chance?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Video – Going mainstream

See3

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. Some of what they found was on the low end — such as 17% of people using shared bookmarks (sites such as Del.icio.us). But we also have 60% personalizing their home pages and 85% using most-emailed articles links on news sites.

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