Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

Two days ago, on Tuesday, June 10, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York made a major ruling that emphasizes the legality of fair use for book digitization. copyright law). copyright law). In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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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. AUTHORS struggle, mostly in vain, against their fated obscurity.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2015

If we open up most of our devices, we are usually violating the warranty and (in some cases) federal law. Library of Congress, working with the U.S. Copyright Office, completed its "triannual" rulemaking on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you own something, you should have the right to fix it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

New York Every year, social entrepreneurs and donors (along with a whole lot of other folks) converge on New York City. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Hopefully, it will give you a flavor of why this travel is worth it to me and Benetech! Student privacy.

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