Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do to get my novels out in the world, and have been greatly influenced by Cory Doctorow in terms of copyright (or, more accurately, copyleft ). Obviously for me, publishing eBooks is going to be something I do at some point, perhaps sooner rather than later.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 30, 2013
Next month, I will be heading to TOC a couple of days early in order to participate in a W3C Workshop on eBooks and the Open Web Platform, where I will be talking about Social DRM (Digital Rights Management). You can read much more about this in Jim Fruchterman’s blog post, “Upholding the Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance.”
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2014
All of this work helps us support the international effort for full implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty —a global copyright exception model that provides the legal framework for greater sharing of accessible books across national borders. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?
Nonprofits Source
OCTOBER 11, 2017
A like here, a comment there, and a link back to your site can, with time, have a huge impact on search rankings. I’ve also found that making a few simple adjustments to your headline process can dramatically improve audience response rates as well as organic search results. The Value Of Image Search. Introduction.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 1, 2010
Few people want to read a 388-page book online, and I've received several notes from people who checked out the online version and then decided to buy a physical or ebook copy. Do you know what the numbers on the copyright page mean? I figured the same system would work for the book, and so far, it seems to be bearing fruit.
Care2
AUGUST 7, 2007
60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? A quick Google search shows that the man listed as the primary contact for the organization is dead. Chief among them is that when a user installs the application, they get a charity badge / search engine right in their profile.
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