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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Wrap-up Keynote Hey Google, write me a speech about the ethical and legal issues surrounding a non-profit’s use of AI. Some of the biggest ethical issues raised by AI are bias, data privacy and security, accuracy and reliability, and responsible innovation. Sponsored by Multiview. Kimberly A.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. a11y accessibility blind Bookshare copyright IP Marrakesh Treaty print disabilities visual impairment WIPO'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing. In particular, they wanted the group to endorse that a copyright exception under Marrakesh exclude works that are commercially available.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

What are some environmental issues that are relevant to you? There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. Ask a generative AI model to act as your target audience (giving it as much anonymized context as possible). Copyediting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The Treaty of Marrakesh, Top Issues: What’s the goal of the Treaty? First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. It does that in two main ways.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. We expect that many of the big issues with the current text will get ironed out this week. For example, we run Bookshare in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Consider the issues with printed books. 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. First, they are place-based.

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Candid

APRIL 1, 2024

Mitigate risks in AI If not managed carefully, the use of AI technologies can pose risks such as potential copyright infringement, breach of confidentiality, inaccurate information, and unintentional bias. Here are three reasons why your organization should consider adopting an AI policy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. We get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. And, if a copyright holder doubts that your organization meets the requirement in making an accessible copy, they are welcome to file a legal complaint of copyright infringement and make the case. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. There is a draft of the treaty that was finished on Friday, November 23, and many issues have been settled over the last year or two of negotiations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). and there’s a general feeling something is going to happen.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Microsoft to Issue Blanket License to NGOs - PCWorld Business Center: "Microsoft will issue a blanket software license to nonprofit groups and journalist groups outside the U.S. after the New York Times reported that Russian police have used software copyright raids to seize computers of activist groups."

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2022

And this applies directly to my main concern: copyright infringement and/or usage without consent. Rights Issues. As Rob mentioned, AI-generated imagery raises some obvious questions about rights issues. This is where the whole thing gets very murky very quickly.” ” Potential Risks of AI-Generated Imagery.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. In addition, the Library of Congress is the agency responsible for issuing regulations supporting Section 121. Tags: copyright blind Bookshare Chafee. Section 121) , defines a special class of organizations known as authorized entities.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 21, 2012

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the Citibank account we have issued this warning message. Copyright 2012 CitiBank. For authenticate your identity please click on the following link. link leads to [link]. Using the spam/junk mail function may not block servicing messages from being sent to your email account.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment. These approaches usually lock out people with disabilities. Citizen engagement is a core value of the Obama Administration. What makes the ACTA an exception?

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Technology in the Arts has just released a well-researched and well-written review of the legal issues surrounding the use of video footage, Social Media, Video Footage, and the Law: What performing arts managers need to know. It’s a timely publication, too: Arts marketers work with rapidly changing technologies on a daily basis. read more ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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. Today, Bookshare has more than 175,000 books available in the U.S.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Copyright P. In fact, in many cases, what seem like problems with a particular piece of technology are actually due to issues with people, processes, or overall technology strategy. Come to this NTC session and talk about issues like: Are technology decisions tied to your mission and strategic plan? Mueller [link].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

We have top leaders from the Department, the disability community including students, publishers, the Copyright Office, academia and other experts. People and organizations with an interest in this issue should be sure to participate in the public process and make sure their voices are heard.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

The issue with the amazing range of images that AI can create is that your content begins to lose the visual consistency of your brand. This will help you identify any issues and make adjustments to your prompts as needed. We wrote this article because our very own site is in a visual crisis as we transition to AI-based images.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

You can read much more about this in Jim Fruchterman’s blog post, “Upholding the Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance.” Our commitment is to provide access to books for those who are unable to read a traditional print format and to do so without harming the economic interests of authors and publishers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2012

Guillaume DeCugis, founder of Scoop.It , took issue with the chart because of using the words “theft.” ” He says that copyright infringement is not theft. His concern was that people would get the wrong message: content curation = theft.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

This isn’t a new issue. If people starting taking audio versions of their Kindle books and distributing them, they would of course be violating copyright. Tags: Kindle Kindle2 Authors Guild copyfight copyright blind amazon.com NFB. George Kerscher and I wrote a major essay on the topic seven(!)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue. In underdeveloped countries, the biggest problem we face is that copyright issues have not been addressed by government in the local area," Viji told the magazine. "We

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

If your cause uses content as a means to communicate with donors, volunteers or other stakeholders, these statements present significant issues. For individuals to hold offenders responsible for using your copyrighted content without permission would take legal intervention. Consider the many data abuses Facebook has been embroiled in.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

Who will own the copyrights associated with their work on your web project? If many of them are elderly, for example, or in the developing world, then they’ll want to factor these issues into their designs. Would you want to go to a party with these folks or at least spend a couple days in a cabin together? What is their reputation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

But, there are also concerns that need to be considered now, including ethical issues and loss of jobs to robots. Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet. More about that scary scenario here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. What do we need to understand about copyrighted material and our content strategy? What are the legal issues? Review lobbying activities to ensure it complies with laws (Public policy issues and limited part of organization’s activity).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

I'll be speaking out more on copyright issues in the coming months. A recent article mentions why Benetech is concerned about orphan works: obscure works are hard to find the copyright owner, and it costs to much to hassle with. Orphan works article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian News.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

The cards focus on strengths-based reflections and are an easy tool to get meetings started on a positive note, even if you are discussing challenging issues. Practices also useful when sorting through challenging and complex issues include asking open-ended questions , taking notes , and repeating/confirming what you heard others say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. Except for (E) [above], the majority of these things are not policy issues, but management issues. it's a management issue.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. Second, we are stepping up our efforts to increase the awareness of this critical issue and practical actions that can be taken. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do to get my novels out in the world, and have been greatly influenced by Cory Doctorow in terms of copyright (or, more accurately, copyleft ). All of those issues I’ll leave to other folks. I write a fair bit of science fiction, and also write other stuff.

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