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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

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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. I love to hark back to Thomas Jefferson’s take on ideas. “He My idea was completely legal!

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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. What if we could scan once, proofread the resulting scan, and share that ebook with tens of thousands of eager readers? And stuck was the operative word: I stayed in that role for seven years.

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Bring a Question: Creative Commons Hosts TechSoup Social Channels on September 17, 2014

Tech Soup

Sharing is an essential part of storytelling, and our friends at Creative Commons are devoted to expanding the number of creative works that are available to (legally!) use, build on, and share. That's why Creative Commons offers a handy standardized list of licenses for creative works. Your Questions.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), thanks to our Creative Commons license. 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.

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Can I Use That Image for My Website or Newsletter?

Tech Soup

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. If an image is marked copyright-free , you can use it without permission. Copyright Fair Use Doctrine.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He offered to write a guest post sharing more about how their social publishing strategy. Twitter : A space where we can engage with the community, share ideas, ask for help, get feedback, listen to complaints, participate and mobilize people to help us with our vision of ‘a book in every child’s hand’.

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