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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. when we bring them to developing world countries.

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Delhi University

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Lord Mountbatten proposed to his wife in that building and was later the Chancellor of the University as the UK's last Viceroy to India. I quite enjoyed our discussions, which ranged from Bookshare to the need for open source screen readers. Before breakfast, I got up before dawn and wandered around the campus.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

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We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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