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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

This unique annual gathering brings together political, business, civil society, and media leaders to discuss big ideas and challenges. These engaged activists shared great ideas for how we can help young people learn to tackle climate change — for themselves and for the world. Driving A Culture of Intrapreneurship SDG Panel.

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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good. Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Special thanks go to Charles Coward and Xavier Domènech of the Barcelona law firm Uría Menéndez.

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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. The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team). The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've studied intellectual property law extensively, but only in an academic context; I am not a practicing lawyer. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? They see copyright law as a way to control the way their message is distributed. He is also a professor at Stanford Law School.

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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: Why is this a good idea? Answer : It’s hard for the publishers to object to the idea of people with disabilities having accessible materials.

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Philanthropy and policing

Candid

Colonial history, long periods of authoritarianism, endemic corruption, poor training, and lack of resources had eroded any sense that there was a constructive role for law enforcement to play in democratic societies. it was next to impossible in many other countries.