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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Wrap-up Keynote Hey Google, write me a speech about the ethical and legal issues surrounding a non-profit’s use of AI. Pendo, Founding Member of Chicago Law Partners, LLC. Kimberly Pendo AI is rapidly changing the world, and the non-profit sector is no exception.

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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. I laughed, because at the time Calera was an accidentally nonprofit tech company: it was organized as a for-profit but was still losing (a lot of) money. He took the idea one step further.

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

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I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. It creates an opportunity to have public benefit being balanced with business interests. My point is that copyright exceptions enable the ebook to deliver far more social benefit than would be practical in an earlier era.

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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? Why should nonprofit organizations pay attention to copyright or your organization's goals? Get tech saavy.

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The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon (Blog Post #2)

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Why You Shouldn't Depend on a For-Profit Business to Defend Your Civil Rights The Kindle2 is a hot topic in the disability field right now. Amazon is a business, and is very focused on doing business on behalf of its shareholders. They will continue until it's in their business interests to change.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

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Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. The primary goal in the Valley is massive change, because when you’re a for-profit that magnitude usually yields massive profits. And that’s what we did with Bookshare! The first was the ebook.

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