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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. copyright law.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

At Benetech, we’re fortunate to have had long-time support from funders who have been willing to bet on us. One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world. government and states like Texas.

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Benetech’s Framework for Developing New Social Enterprises

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

With support from stakeholders in the education, technology, publishing, student, parent, and volunteer communities, Benetech changed that reality. copyright law. Each year, we look at the pipeline of dozens of good, new project ideas and measure them on this framework.

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So You Think You Can Blog? Guidelines For New Bloggers

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What will you be measuring? How will you be supporting your bloggers? Respect copyright laws by quoting and linking to the full text and only use images that you have permission to use (i.e. Are you trying to start a conversation? Demonstrate expertise? Foster community? Get press leads? Celebrate your volunteers?

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Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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” Accordingly, 12 states are developing laws to ban or limit “junk mail” despite strenuous efforts by the Direct Marketing Association and others to fight such legislation. “When we decided to completely stop using direct mailing, it was in response to our supporters,” said Ball. What do you think?

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A Nonprofit’s Legal Counsel Is The Social Media Manager’s Best Friend!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ll be talking about the latter as it relates to some of the ideas in my new book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine.). Social media professionals Janet Fouts and Lovisa William pinpointed a few: Copyright and identifying the brand with false information (Infographics etc).