Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He My idea was completely legal!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 18, 2012
Today, we're joining what is probably the largest online protest in history , by blacking out significant portions of the Benetech website, as well as our Martus and HRDAG human rights websites. Copyright hawks like Rupert Murdoch and the MPAA have attacked this movement as being for piracy, against jobs, and dangerous.
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Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 In this courageous guest post, Adrienne Berney, a Collections Care Trainer who works primarily with history museums, gives us an insider’s guide to these issues. Copyright infringements: A large portion of historical collections are in the public domain.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 6, 2006
The meeting was held at what used to be the Viceroy of India's lodge in New Delhi, and steeped with history. We had a wide array of key people at the meeting, including the head of IT at the university, another blind professor, top librarians, the heads of NGOs serving the blind and the head of library services for the blind [check titles].
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 18, 2007
Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. the work of copyright holders. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 8, 2013
Nonprofits can use Dipity to create timelines that highlight their organizational history, current events, and special campaigns. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 28, 2013
Ideal for telling your nonprofit’s history on the Social Web, you can add Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous, WordPress, and Instagram. TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. TapFunder :: tapfunder.com.
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