Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. Thus far, more than 75 countries have signed the Treaty, and in June India became the first country to ratify it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

In my prepared statement, I explained why well-balanced intellectual property laws inspire technology innovation and social good, and described how our Bookshare initiative models the good that copyright exceptions can create. To make this possible, we must keep the balance in copyright. We call this building the last “social mile.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. These three movements all bode well for improved access to books and other content, but there remain challenges before we can fully realize the vision of equality of access to information.

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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. Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. The majority of our members are U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

Your photos should not only resonate with your audience, it should tell a story, not be copyrighted, and be a decent photo (not blurry or poorly composed). You can take your own photos or use stock photography. Don’t forget to add your URL or logo. My favorite free tool for this is PicMonkey because it is very easy to use. (You

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Through the LIT project, we’re adding many new innovations to the groundwork laid by the B4E project, with a focus on three core areas: content, tools, and utilization. Exciting new tools, including a free, open source Android ebook reader and a free web-based ebook reader along with an accessible bookshelf in “the cloud.”

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Causes and associations provide status updates on the networks, post links, publish content via tools like Facebook Notes, groups on Linked In and Facebook, and ask questions on all of the services. Specifically, the surrendering of licenses to use nonprofits' content as each network sees fit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Icommons Artist-in-Residency program is seeking artists who create work both in the physical and digital world and who engage with copyright in some way - either by using Creative Commons licenced content as their inspiration, or by licencing their work under CC; or artists who simply challenge the boundaries of copyright law.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The full version of Dall-E, which can achieve incredible levels of near-photorealism, has more robust content filters to disallow the tool from getting too close to actual famous faces. . And this applies directly to my main concern: copyright infringement and/or usage without consent. What does AI art mean for designers? Inclusivity.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

copyright law, it is sometimes legally OK to use images you find on the web and often not. It may be useful to know that as soon as something is created, it is covered under copyright rules. Copyright Office. If an image is marked copyright-free , you can use it without permission. Copyright Fair Use Doctrine.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

When players place the Farmers Airship on their farm, they receive free "wither protection" for the crops on their virtual farm. And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property? Do you have examples on this topic, has this happened to you?

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

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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VisionLink

JANUARY 19, 2015

live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Free at last. Free at last! Thank god, I''m free at last.''" Let Freedom Ring. Copyright © 2014. Later that year, Martin Luther King became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 21, 2013

live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Free at last. Free at last! Thank god, I''m free at last.''" Let Freedom Ring. Copyright © 2013. Later that year, Martin Luther King became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The signals from a few European countries on its likely content have not been encouraging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

I've been an strong advocate of Creative Commons for the last four years, have written many blog posts , and even taught a workshop or two on "Open Content.". (If They provide tools that let everyone have a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. Why didn't they link to the original context?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2021

Further, it gives everyone in it an opportunity to write good ads and produce high-quality content for your website. Typically, any keywords that contain a copyrighted term, controversial topics, or illegal activities will be flagged. Assign A Google Grant Manager. Having the Google Ad Grant benefits your whole organization.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

It’s about the content and how it’s written—and sadly it’s usually the piece of a website that gets the least amount of attention. Remember, content is still king. Here’s a list of 10 best practices you can follow when working on your site content. What are your best web content tips?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I'm very interested in the whole notion of open content and creative commons licensing in the nonprofit space. She told me, "I probably don't have to mention this to you, but you are of course free to put this under a public domain, BY or BY-sa license. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights?

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Care2

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Attendees will be able to watch individual videos based on their content area preference or view the conference in its entirety. This free event is a great opportunity for small business owners and entrepreneurs to learn how to maximize their online presence. November 25, 2008 | video conferencing Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. In the nonprofit world we also have contests and at See3 we have become “the contest people&# helping organizations conceive of and execute user generated content contests. The article is a nice look into the challenges of user generated content contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. The license deed and language do not specify what that means. It's left up to the person who created the work.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Defining the visual hierarchy for pages to show which content should stand out the most. For responsive websites, planning for how content will transform for each screen size. Footer links, content and copyright information. Once the global elements are positioned, I’ll plan the content for each page. Deliverables.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

Also, do not submit content that contains elements that violate a third party's copyrights or trademark rights. Do not reference or identify any person, entity, or property in your submission unless you and/or your group have received that person's/entity's permission in writing. c) Grant of Rights to Sponsor.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

It’s free, secular, and encourages people to linger. Bookshare started as the sharing of copyrighted and public domain books in a central repository authorized by the Chafee Amendment by people with print disabilities for their own use. I’ve walked through a few libraries, but I can say that Bookshare is unique within my experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit’s content strategy, especially for social channels. It is important to respect copyright laws. 1. Stock Exchange – This is a huge image archive of stock photos that are available for free. Content Visual'

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. 42 on Amazon Skype Podcast Recording Software Skype [link] (Skype to Skype is free. Mac or PC [link] GarageBand: Free with Mac [link] Podcast Hosting Liberated Syndication https://www.libsyn.com. $5-$30 Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2006

He suggests using an alternative video host where you can put a creatives commons license on our work and that you should set your content free: Set your content free - don't use anything more restrictive than Creative Commons attribution (beware the sting in tail of share alike). My first inclination was to add ???Share

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Moreover, these accessible books are available for free, since the United States Government funds the Bookshare library to meet requirements in national disability rights and education laws. The Bookshare library is made possible by a copyright exception: Section 121 of the United States Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Remixing the content: Government content can't be copyrighted, so you're free to grab and reuse any government created content on the site. But they've also made sure that third-party content is licensed through Creative Commons. You need to build conversation into everything you can.

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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. We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). Wonderful stuff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

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. There is some irony to this story. I've now become convinced. of the power of the "by" license and had just turned my default to it.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2008

In case you couldnt join us or want to catch something you missed, you can still view a free replay of the webinar in its entirety here. > “The Arbitrage Conspiracy Report” is our first piece of hard hitting Freeline content. It is 25 pages of awesome information related to Adwords and CPA. All rights reserved.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. I want everyone to be able to use the content and make derivative works.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

After reviewing the user-generated content (UGC), two winners would emerge: one picked by HSUS and the other by members. Almost free. So, we utilized YouTube’s “video response” feature, which was great because not only was it free, but it gave all the videos more exposure. The price of hosting the competition?

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