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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. Universal City Studios, Inc., Universal City Studios, Inc., copyright law. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. of America v.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

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HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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Third, the print book is not universally accessible. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. Many books are never published because of the costs. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. copyright law. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

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Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it!

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

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I didn't choose Share Alike because I know that many museums, universities, and organizations are not able to use CC licenses (and thus would not be able to redistribute the content). Do you know what the numbers on the copyright page mean? available for free at your library and on the web. How Did I Do It? And that shocked me.