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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In general, it may be considered fair use if you are reproducing a work for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. Copyright Office. Copyright Office. The nature of the copyrighted work. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

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Creative Commons Licensing Teachable Moment and An Apology!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So I complained in flickr , my blog and left a comment on the Tech Chronicles Blog. (I The original photo was published as "all rights reserved" because that's the flickr default and in 2005, I was pretty clueless about Creative Commons and copyright issues. To add insult to injury, the link was working! Isn't this ironic!!

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Bookshare’s Status as an Authorized Entity under Section 121

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Tags: copyright blind Bookshare Chafee. Section 121) , defines a special class of organizations known as authorized entities.

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Can I Use That Video on My Website?

Tech Soup

Once you create a video, it is automatically copyrighted and you have full rights to it, unless stated otherwise by a sharing service. In 2011, YouTube started letting people post their videos with Creative Commons licenses. The standard YouTube license is restrictive. CC BY is the most permissive CC license.

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08

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Remix, Reuse, or Repurpose This Blog Post! Creative Commons Teachable Moment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They provide tools that let everyone have a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The Creative Commons licenses enable people to easily change their copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “ some rights reserved.” What does that mean?".

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