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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. Of course, if there is an international treaty on the topic and the U.S. copyright law. Of course, the Librarian of Congress has pronounced on this topic already! The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Question: How would this help people with print disabilities globally? But, they love anything that strengthens intellectual property regulations, of course.

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Philanthropy and policing

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Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. My own experience with police reform. it was next to impossible in many other countries.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Of course, being in proximity to North Korea, one of the most dire countries in terms of respect for human rights, meant that this topic came up frequently.

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