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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S. The support and inspiration I found here in the vision field made today’s Benetech possible: our nonprofit organization that now works in other fields as well, fields like human rights, the environment and volunteerism.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And we’re busy discussing with educators and publishers how we can bring Bookshare-style accessible content to the ten times as many students who could benefit from talking books but don’t qualify under the very limited copyright exemption. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.