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#RiskyBusiness: Risk Management for Nonprofits: Copyright

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The web designer downloads the image from a website of a nonprofit that does similar work, and the other nonprofit has provided an email saying they don’t mind if you use the image. The post #RiskyBusiness: Risk Management for Nonprofits: Copyright appeared first on Blue Avocado. True or false: […].

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Copyright treaty in Geneva Advances!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S. My impression from additional tweets, emails, posts and articles is that the French are really leading the charge against a treaty. Tags: print disabled blind SCCR18 copyright copyfight SCCR Bookshare WIPO.

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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Gerry quickly did the legal research and came back to explain that my idea, which seemed like it should be illegal, was 100% permitted under an obscure provision of the copyright law! I went to Gerry with the idea for Bookster. He also firmly suggested that I needed to change the name. He took the idea one step further.

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AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos

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This could mean, for example, more in-person events with small groups of highly engaged donors: a development team freed from repetitive tasks like email and CRM management could focus on “high-touch” experiences like this. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges.

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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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We Have a Treaty…and It’s Great!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! copyright exception. After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world.

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Tips for nonprofits from Candid’s year of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts 

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Then, we repurposed it into four shorter 15-second videos and featured it in our email newsletter. Additionally, following trends is difficult for nonprofits when you take copyright challenges into account (organizations aren’t permitted to use a lot of trending audio). A great example is our red flags for funders series.

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