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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

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and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. and as far as I know, most of the other exceptions) law, there is no approval or authorization by other entities, whether government, publishing industry or the disability consumer organizations. By the way, there are other requirements in these proposals that I'm not commented on.

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! And Claire Sale shared the British Red Cross guidelines: The British Red Cross values comments both complimentary and critical. Join the January Chat!

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Great reads from around the web on October 18th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property? I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I've included the post below, but comments are best done on the HuffPo site above. In general, we have patents and copyrights and trade secrets as commercial objects because we as a society think that it helps bring the benefits of new creations to everyone. How would you try to change the world if you had the chance?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How to Start a Nonprofit Organization.

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations are governed by a board of directors; for-profits are governed by the owner(s) and, if a corporation, also a board of directors. Ask away in the comments section! Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 8:36 AM Labels: how to start a nonprofit , nonprofit , Pat Lewis , Robert Duea 1 comments: Nina Moore said.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

ASU Lodestar Center

We welcome your comments, feedback and suggestions! After the next round of projected government funding cuts, will we continue to ask nonprofits to pick up the slack, expanding their services without a solid plan for funding the full cost of these operations? How can we expect nonprofits to pick up the slack of government cuts?