Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.
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. I remember the day I told my wife, Virginia, that I’d do this “nonprofit thing” for just one year and then go back to regular for-profit high tech companies.
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Forum One
MARCH 12, 2024
Wednesday at the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), we’re pleased to be leading a session all about artificial intelligence (AI) for mission-driven social media. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. If you aren’t attending NTC, don’t worry!
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. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He My idea was completely legal!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 20, 2018
Allison Fine and I have been collaborating on research and writing about the next wave of disruptive technologies (AI, Bots, and Robots) and what it means for the nonprofit sector. Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet. Is your nonprofit thinking about using bots?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
This week in Geneva is a major meeting on the path to the expected Diplomatic Conference on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired. The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal.
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 18, 2010
And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property? " – I am so happy to see this scholarship and hope that it ensures more nonprofits are on stage, in the hallway, and part of the vibrant conversations that SXSW is so known for!
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