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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Will Robots (and bots) Replace Nonprofit Staff and Interns in the Workplace?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, artificial intelligence can do a facial recognition analysis of hundreds and thousands of photos in minutes. That technology is already here and is used on Facebook to tag photos of people). Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet.

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Read the Fine Print: Who Actually Owns Your Website?

Byte Technology

The old saying goes that possession is nine-tenths the law. Ask the designer or firm directly whether or not they have the right of ownership to the actual design (minus any content you wrote, photos or video you provided or even stock imagery you purchased independently and asked the designer to use).

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Can I Use That Image for My Website or Newsletter?

Tech Soup

With so many cute cat photos on the Internet, it's tempting to just grab one and use it on your website. copyright law, it is sometimes legally OK to use images you find on the web and often not. It may be useful to know that as soon as something is created, it is covered under copyright rules. Copyright Office.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

Tech Soup

Publish your photo on Twitter or Instagram. Publish the photo on Twitter or Instagram. Publish the photo on Twitter or Instagram. and makes no representation or warranty that the Sweepstakes is in compliance with your local law. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. March 27, 2017. a) In General.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

copyright law. Photo credits: Patrick Ball] Our breakthrough with Bookshare was to put our users in charge of the collection. Instead of us deciding what people with disabilities should read, we let our readers decide which books should be scanned and shared under an exception in the U.S.

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