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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. Turns out that Chris’ mom was the acting CEO of a new software company, “Napster.”
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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. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. That would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a library.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
From my college dorm room, where I thought that pattern recognition could do more than target missiles, to my first successful high tech company where we built technology that could read just about any font without training, to Benetech’s founding with the Arkenstone reading machine for the blind. That was over 24 years ago!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Now, more than two decades later, social entrepreneurship is a hot global movement and Benetech has become the “go to” nonprofit software company in the heart of Silicon Valley. We address the market failure that occurs when the needs of the social sector don’t match the goals that for-profit companies consider worth pursuing.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 29, 2011
We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. That's why it's painful to hear about disputes over denying students with very real print disabilities access to these resources. Background Information Benetech is Silicon Valley’s deliberately nonprofit technology company.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.
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