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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. of America v.

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Solutions Day 2023—Beyond Answers to Insight

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Back in 2017, we could see that business was changing. This technology is being used to create new forms of content, automate tasks that were once done by humans, and make it easier for people to infringe on the intellectual property (IP) rights of others. Another is how fair use applies to AI-generated content.

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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

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We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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Solutions Day 2023—It’s Happening!

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Kevin Ordonez,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy and I are going to explain why that’s a question everyone should be asking. Also on her agenda is how copyright law and fair use apply to AI. We wrote two books on Association 4.0 She’ll review data privacy and security, accuracy and reliability, and responsible innovation.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He

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Tribute to My Mentor

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I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. Gerry quickly did the legal research and came back to explain that my idea, which seemed like it should be illegal, was 100% permitted under an obscure provision of the copyright law!

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

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The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. These three movements all bode well for improved access to books and other content, but there remain challenges before we can fully realize the vision of equality of access to information.