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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

About five years ago, Brazil violated American intellectual property agreements by producing an AIDS drug for a fraction of the cost of the American company who developed it. By letting other nonprofits use your words, pictures, music, innovations, and processes, you are creating resources to help those most in need!

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, I thought I’d back up the theory with a brief picture of what this kind of travel looks like in practice. Took pictures of the lunar eclipse next to the Empire State Building(!) Met with the UN Foundation about a major grant they are giving us to bring Bookshare to India. That’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it.

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