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. Going forward, new countries that want to abide by the Treaty provisions would need to directly ratify it.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. How Does the Treaty Meet this Goal? It does that in two main ways.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 22, 2009
Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. The library is a unique, neutral social and cultural space. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.”
VisionLink
JULY 4, 2011
Three hundred million of us, each with our own story; the story of who we are and who we hope to be: our family background, our history, our culture, along with our hopes, our dreams, our aspirations and our prayers for our children and for the world. © Copyright 2011. July 4, 1776. Let Freedom Ring. Stan Stahl, Ph.D.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible. It’s part of our larger effort to build a strong, organization-wide culture of communications.
VisionLink
JULY 4, 2010
After the sound of laughing children, it is perhaps the most beautiful of sounds. ** Today is not the day to quarrel over America’s culture wars. Today is the day to celebrate that we, the people, are free to have culture wars. Be proud of this voice that we hear in the grand discord that is America’s culture wars.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 8, 2011
Recently, I interviewed the facilitators of " Third Generation: Nonprofit | Business | Relationships | Evolved ," a special three-hour workshop hosted by the National Bank of Arizona and organized by the ASU Lodestar Center. at the National Bank of Arizona in Phoenix. Ill see you there!
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