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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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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Lost Your Tax-Exemption? What Next ?

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What Next — posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center The IRS has begun to revoke the tax-exempt status for those nonprofit organizations that have not filed some form of a 990 (information report) for three years. These smaller nonprofits were not required to file a year-end information report.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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copyright law. Bookshare also works with large trade publishers such as HarperCollins, Random House, Scholastic, international publishers like the IMF, World Bank and Brookings, twenty-two university presses, and more than one hundred and fifty other publishers. Our lower cost model made it practical to invert the power structure.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

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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. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

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They are the " dark matter " of the nonprofit universe — probably numerous, but almost always missing from our count-em-up descriptions of nonprofit activity. From there you can download an Excel file named "Arizona A-Z," or click here to download it directly. Further, they do not have to file annual reports with the IRS.