Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2009

We've been supportive of an effort by the World Blind Union to get an international treaty in place that sets up a global system much like the one we have today in the United States. law that made it legal for us to scan just a bout any book without needing to get permissions first.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. 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.,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. World Snapshot. It has been developing since 2002.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Met with a big NYC disability services provider about a possible Bookshare partnership. The Marrakesh Treaty.

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