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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.

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What to Do When Technology Isn’t Your Problem

Robert Weiner

Copyright P. Does it feel like you never find the right combination of technologies to just make things work? If you technology decisions at your organization are driven by some of the following, we’d love to see you at NTEN''s Nonprofit Technology Conference (aka the NTC): We chose the system because we have a volunteer who knows it.

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Advancing Reading Equality with Bookshare’s Exponential Growth

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

At Benetech, we always ask ourselves how our existing successful programs can reach more people who need our services and how we can apply technology in new ways to enrich and improve more lives. Recently Bookshare has reached two major milestones in its efforts to bring reading equality to disadvantaged populations around the world.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. One of the biggest issues is digital rights management. thanks to our domestic copyright exception. What can we do today to build that accessible future? Funders like the U.S.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

For instance, this past year Google released a web-based Device Manager that allows you to locate, ring at full volume, and wipe data from an Android device. Green Technology. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits.

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Will Robots (and bots) Replace Nonprofit Staff and Interns in the Workplace?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allison Fine and I have been collaborating on research and writing about the next wave of disruptive technologies (AI, Bots, and Robots) and what it means for the nonprofit sector. These technologies are increasingly becoming part of our daily lives and will continue to have significant impact on our work and lives. ” .

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. from the majority of IP owners we approach.