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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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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. of America v.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

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WIPO Headquarters The event this last week at WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, was the ninth meeting of the Stakeholder’s Platform, which was set up about the time the original Treaty draft was introduced. In particular, they wanted the group to endorse that a copyright exception under Marrakesh exclude works that are commercially available.

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Economically, open looks better than closed

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. The reaction of the NRA and the coalition of gun-control lobbies to the horrific events in Newtown last month illustrate just how divided we are. Copyright © 2014. Free at last!

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. The reaction of the NRA and the coalition of gun-control lobbies to the horrific events in Newtown last month illustrate just how divided we are. Copyright © 2013. Free at last!

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » A Great Event

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It was an amazing event. Stay tuned for some video from the event. Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3. First, the setting is spectacular.

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