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Watch Your Content: Protecting Your Website Against Copyright Infringement

Byte Technology

So it’s little surprise that the massive proliferation of online resources has spawned a major problem: protecting website content from copyright infringement in the form of plagiarism or outright theft. Thankfully, there are preventative measures you can take to protect your web content copyrights.

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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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 covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Jimmy and I spent an hour trading music together. I had never heard of it.

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On the serious side, I wish there were some clear guidelines about what exactly is fair use in the nonprofit space. Copyright Office. The nature of the copyrighted work. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.

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10 Summer Fundraisers for 2018

NonProfit Hub

Use the power of music to unite your donors by hosting an outdoor benefit concert. Note: most movies are protected by copyright law, so make sure you have the proper rights before a public screening! The post 10 Summer Fundraisers for 2018 appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. The sky’s the limit here! Outdoor concert.

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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm very interested in the whole notion of open content and creative commons licensing in the nonprofit space. That's how I found my way into advocating for nonprofit technology and encouraging others to activism over technological legislation. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights?

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12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights

Tech Soup

As a presumably law-abiding nonprofit, you might've wondered how much SOPA could've really endangered your mission. And if it was indeed a danger, how can you as a nonprofit play a larger role in defending digital rights in the future? Why Should You Care? "I see dirty tricks all the time.