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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

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Note, however, that if you reprint a work and if the copyright is called into question, the burden will fall on you to prove that you "believed and had reasonable grounds for believing that [your] use of the copyrighted work was a fair use," according to the U.S. Copyright Office. The nature of the copyrighted work.

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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

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I've studied intellectual property law extensively, but only in an academic context; I am not a practicing lawyer. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? Why should nonprofit organizations pay attention to copyright or your organization's goals?

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With Liberty, and Information, For All?

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Flickr Photo: Fayster Now that the stimulus package -- or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, if you're keeping score at home -- has been signed into law , the work of making it all happen begins. No matter what you think of the law itself, everyone in our sector needs to pay very close attention to Recovery.gov.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. From Flickr User EJK. Flickr Farm. That's what I use and why I use it).

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

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Flickr Photo by DonkeyHotey. We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy

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Flickr Image by Sam Howzit. It is important to respect copyright laws. Flickr Creative Commons – Flickr is a photo site but it offers creative commons licensing and you can use it combined with keyword searches to find an image. Here’s a round up of resources and advice.

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How Use Creative Commons Licensing and Flickr To Find Powerful Visuals for Your Presentations

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This screencast focuses on how nonprofits can use flickr and creative commons licensing to search for powerful visuals to use in their presentations without violating copyright laws. Where can you find photos that aren't outrageously expensive or under copyright protection? See here , here , and here ). But not all.

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