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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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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. It doesn’t cover movies. In the popular online acronym, IANAL (I am not a lawyer).

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. Low-cost movie editing is also possible with built-in computter software (iMovie on Macs and Windows Movie Maker on PCs) or YouTube's own editing tools.

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Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Most digital cameras today have a movie function and, unless you are planning on making a documentary, that is really all you need. 2) Create a Video Library Michael Hoffman, CEO of See3 , stressed the importance of creating a video library. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below.

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6 Link Building Methods for Nonprofits and Charities

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits, for example, may also create a list of the best online library resources for their niche. A Batman picture will share better right after a Batman movie is released etc. You should also discuss copyright issues for each image to let people know that they are allowed to use the image as long as they link back to you.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. Qwiki automatically turns pictures and videos from events you’ve captured on your iPhone into brief movies to share. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org.

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