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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, if a copyright holder doubts that your organization meets the requirement in making an accessible copy, they are welcome to file a legal complaint of copyright infringement and make the case. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. And, the U.S. And, the U.S.

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Accessibility and ACTA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Brief Comments on Accessibility Concerns on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) The disability community should be concerned about ACTA for two reasons: At its core it’s an anti-piracy agreement. Why have public decision-making? The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

ASU Lodestar Center

If you have your own tips for nonprofit success, please share in the comments section below. Hello friends, it looks like the comment section was down, - it deleted a couple of comments - but is up and working now! But, the cards are copyrighted by Gallup. Sorry about the missing comments, folks! Central Ave.

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It’s 2013: Where’s your nonprofit’s social media policy?

ASU Lodestar Center

What do you do if someone comments with a racial slur on a photo of your volunteer? And those disastrous results are very, very public. Should you take down a comment that discusses a negative experience that someone had with your organization? What if you get comments that are dishonest or misleading? Like this article?

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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. YouTube currently has just two primary copyright types: Conventional copyright, in which the creator has full rights. Vimeo has a section for Creative Commons-copyrighted videos.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. Suite 500, Phoenix, AZ 85004-0691 602.496.0500 An academic unit of the College of Public Programs