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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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5 Times Foundations Cause More Problems Than They Solve

NonProfit Hub

” That’s very valuable work, and a role to which foundations are well-suited, given the fact that most are free to take risks that businesses or governments cannot. For example, a colleague of mine who lives in North Carolina was appalled at the passage of a state law that openly discriminated against the LGBT community.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1. government or even (heavens!) Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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Care2 Petition Helps Prevent National Park Service Changes - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « Think Like a Designer: Viral Video and Paradox | Main | Web Metrics Wilderness: Find Your Site Conversion Pages. The 1916 law states that the "fundamental purpose" of the park service is "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife."

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

The annual 24-hour giving day, created to counter the retail-heavy push that begins with Black Friday, has thousands of nonprofits, businesses, city governments, and other institutions participating in a drive to highlight generosity and partnership for good. billion was donated to US based nonprofits, a 25% increase from 2019.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15. Strategic.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution). Charlie Nesson , Founder Berkman Center at Harvard Law School, also reflects on the Clay Shirkey post and the description of the "one time look virus." I also have been around this. a couple of times and yet fall into the web 3.0, D) is to going.