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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it! Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), This means you can take our content, post it on your website, or use it in your trainings or newsletters, and you don't even need to ask us for permission.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

While we’re extremely proud of our achievements in the field of accessibility and disability rights, we know that we’ve just scratched the surface of what we could possibly do to bolster parity of access to information by people with disabilities. The second principle is sourcing locally relevant content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

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. Bureaucratic barriers to utilizing a copyright exception, as proposed by some publishers, makes the cost even greater.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. People with vision impairments and other print disabilities deserve equal access to that treasure of 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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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

I caught Brian Rowe 's Sharing Content, Terms of Service, and Copyright Best Practices session today at this year's NTC, which was a great primer for understanding Creative Commons licensing and included information on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and several other topics. He also talks about his Utilikilt.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

The issue with the amazing range of images that AI can create is that your content begins to lose the visual consistency of your brand. Objects and Content : Next, consider what specific objects, contents or subjects you want to include in the image. Do you want a portrait, a landscape, an object, an abstract design?

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. Content contained in square brackets in the draft is still being negotiated, and the remaining content is assumed to be agreed (at least, we certainly hope so!).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

You can read much more about this in Jim Fruchterman’s blog post, “Upholding the Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance.” Fingerprinting – Embedding the user's name in plaintext in the downloaded ebook file and hiding the user ID information invisibly inside the main body of the book. See you there!

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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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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property? Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com – "Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

More databases now have protocols and mechanisms that allow you to pull your data out and publish it online, so your site can always have your most current information, no updating required. Remixing the content: Government content can't be copyrighted, so you're free to grab and reuse any government created content on the site.

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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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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. So, your lawyer’s opinion may vary, and is likely to be better informed on the legal aspects.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. First, we are working to lower the barrier to the use of strong encryption to automatically protect the privacy of sensitive information.

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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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations. Also in this section are the types of content that should be posted on Center profiles, and which of our values this content matches up with.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 25, 2007

Plus, they are encouraging other people to use their materials: In the spirit of partnership, MicroCredit Enterprises offers this Primer and Toolkit into the public domain for informational purposes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

In ongoing conversations with John Gautam on Twitter, I've learned more about how their overall social publishing strategy which balances their curated content or "branded" content with community conversations to co-create social content. Curated Content. Also to inform people about our books through book trailers.

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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. They should answer a question or provide information that entices the reader to click on an important link. Assign A Google Grant Manager. Having the Google Ad Grant benefits your whole organization. Writing The Ads.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

The line between “consumers of information&# and “publishers of information&# continue to blur. Instead, send me information on things I am interested in and allow my community to tell me about the products and causes they care about while I tell them about my own interests.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 21, 2007

Media release forms are (typically) used in formal situations—promotional shoots, program recordings—in which the museum, not the user, dictates the circumstances and use of the content. Exhibits and programs that invite visitors to contribute on a more informal basis are a new conundrum. The interactive “owns” the content.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

With the knowledge that your information is safe and your organization is secure, how can you better focus on your mission? Complete the challenge submission form with all required information. Enter your organization's information into the required fields of the submission form. What is your nonprofit's mission?

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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.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

Are you serving as a proofreader, or will you also be making content suggestions? What types of comments will you consider over the line and what kind of content would you consider deleting? Write what you know, be thought-provoking, and provide worthwhile information and perspective. Will you be moderating comments?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I Own Creative Content, Therefore I Am, Not??? For the content industries, the tools of enclosure (copyright term extension, digital rights management, etc.) For information about our event webcasts and remote participation, see [link] If you miss the live chat, catch the podcast audio video at MediaBerkman, at [link].

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

An XML sitemap can provide search engines with important information about your site and improve your search rankings. Many Content Management Systems can automate this process, keeping the sitemap up to date and informing search engines of the changes. May 19, 2010 | Brenda Johnson Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

Now that youve got a user intrigued with your page title, they want a little bit more information before they click through, thats where the description meta tag comes in. By giving each page in your website a unique, useful description of the page content, you make it easier for a user to decide whether or not to click through.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Those working to enforce intellectual property law and copyright protection will remain in a continuing “arms race,” with the “crackers” who will find ways to copy and share content without payment. Voice recognition and touch user-interfaces with the Internet will be more prevalent and accepted by 2020.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Below and at this link is information on the position: *POSITION OPEN* POSITION: New Media Manager PURPOSE: Responsible for developing and executing new media strategies to support the Foundation’s organizational as well as internal and external communications goals and objectives. Five to ten years of project management experience.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

Google Analytics has proven particularly helpful for content-based sites and commerce sites. As you can imagine, a metric like average time on site is less helpful for a donation site than it is for a content-based one. Is it to gather donations or content? Is it signing up to receive information? Excellent post!

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