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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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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Gerry served on Benetech’s board of directors for 29 years, always there for advice and tackling the next big opportunity. What if we could scan once, proofread the resulting scan, and share that ebook with tens of thousands of eager readers? I went to Gerry with the idea for Bookster. He took the idea one step further.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Getting some kind of licensing deal is critically important, because it will take many years for the Marrakesh Treaty to be fully implemented with its copyright exceptions. In particular, they wanted the group to endorse that a copyright exception under Marrakesh exclude works that are commercially available.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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10 Best Web Content Practices - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

If anyone wants even more information, I just posted a new free 20-page eBook--Best Practices: Nonprofit Web Site Design--a few days ago. I refer to my program directors as kitchen sinkers in that they would like every word posted on the web as they write it. Receive monthly updates 12 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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This Digital Marketing Process Will Make You Write Better Content

Nonprofits Source

Avoid Copyright Infringement. In Google, you also have the option to filter out copyrighted images under the tools section. This isn’t different in the realm of nonprofits as donors say they want to receive regular updates from the CEO/Executive Director. In terms of style, I like to keep things simple.

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