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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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Social DRM: It’s About Equal Access for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Gerardo Capiel, Benetech's VP, Engineering One of the highlights of my meeting circuit each year is the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in New York City. There is no better place to engage with colleagues about new technologies, changing business models, fresh ideas, and shared standards.

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Things Hybrid Attendees Need to Know for Your Next Hybrid Event

AccelEvents

Loading up the live stream and logging into the live chat is less familiar than showing up at a conference, eager to collect goodie bags and mingle. . Because we have attended more and more physical conferences, meetings, or networking events in-person, we have become familiar with their standard processes.

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Things Hybrid Attendees Need to Know for Your Next Hybrid Event

AccelEvents

Loading up the live stream and logging into the live chat is less familiar than showing up at a conference, eager to collect goodie bags and mingle. . Because we have attended more and more physical conferences, meetings, or networking events in-person, we have become familiar with their standard processes.

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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We think that all publishers should sell accessible ebooks when they sell their books through mainstream channels, but the copyright exception leaves that decision to the publishers except for this narrow community of people who are significantly disabled when it comes to print. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

NTEN

Staff have to see the impact of their voice being added to the conversation. In 2010, she published her short book and ebook, Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. It can be tricky and a little scary to get staff other than the communication or fundraising staff invested in participating in online community building.

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Using Software and Data to Change the World

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It was a blast to be with an entire conference full of social good software and data people from around the world. Society is a buzz about new technology: artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, autonomous cars, the surveillance state, and more. And data is voice. Now this vision is not just about more data.

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