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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. Of course, very few authors will have the power in practice to negotiate these terms, but it's a long way off before TTS can touch human narration from a market standpoint.

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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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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. N — Nurture individuals and organizations by providing the tools, best practices, resources, and services that can help them achieve their goals.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

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. The latest update of the law is expected to be formally approved in 2014. has a patchwork of laws in half of the U.S.

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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.

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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. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Professor Ruth Okediji, who keynoted the Uganda conference a couple of weeks earlier, is visiting Harvard Law School this year.

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