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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
One of the biggest is whether AI-generated content is protected by copyright law. Generative AI technology continues to be a cause for optimism and concern. Panelists: Jennifer Pitts, Vice President, Products, Programs and Certification, National Association for Healthcare Quality.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. How Does the Treaty Meet this Goal? It does that in two main ways.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 17, 2015
This historic international copyright exception treaty paves the way for a future in which people who cannot read regular printed materials can have equal access to books, regardless of where they live. Helping people with disabilities gain access to education and books is a cause everyone can identify with. It is politically popular.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. Migel, whose experiences with blindness caused during World War I, led to him helping start the Foundation. It was named for the first board chair of AFB, M.C.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment. These approaches usually lock out people with disabilities. Disability advocates should, at minimum, press for a seat at the ACTA table.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 15, 2009
President Marc Mauer of the National Federation of the Blind just had an excellent op ed published by the Baltimore Sun entitled Bias against blind book lovers. The Authors Guild are pressing the cause of authors' rights to make more money (in theory). This is a case of dueling moral high grounds. The RRC's motto is "No Need for Greed!
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