Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. In technical terms, this means that the next version of the DAISY format, version 4, will be the same as EPUB3, the main format used by commercial publishers of ebooks.

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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. Technological Protection Measures. How Does the Treaty Meet this Goal? Works Covered.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We've worked with O'Reilly Media for a long time. Check out this O'Reilly's announcement tat their ebook bundles now include DAISY talking book format files to see the fabulous work they're doing. Because Bookshare is only available for people who qualify under a very narrow copyright exemption. Why is this a big deal?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Accessibility of digital media has been repeatedly and systematically denied because of digital measures to “protect” content. A great (bad) example is Adobe, one of the leading ebook technology vendors, who just introduced their Digital Editions. These approaches usually lock out people with disabilities.

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Accessibility Adobe Copyright eBook 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Betsy Beaumon, Benetech VP and General Manager of Bookshare During the event, our Bookshare staff offered demos of our Bookshare library and our Go Read accessible ebook reader for Android. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program.

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Celebrate Google Literacy Library 145

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MARCH 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Reader Comments (12) Great list, Allyson.

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