Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S. award Fruchterman a11y Migel AFB Ferrell Bookshare accessibility blind copyright dyslexia Helen Keller copyfight SCCR treaty ebooks'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. Benetech’s Bookshare is the world’s largest accessible online library dedicated to serving people with print disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

There is no better place to engage with colleagues about new technologies, changing business models, fresh ideas, and shared standards. Bookshare As followers of this blog know, Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. What is it and why is it important?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), 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. We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

I'll be speaking out more on copyright issues in the coming months. A recent article mentions why Benetech is concerned about orphan works: obscure works are hard to find the copyright owner, and it costs to much to hassle with. Orphan works article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian News.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This freed up the pages which were placed in a fast scanner. If we see an error in a book, we can't break the copyright by correcting our digital version. A note about Bookshare Bookshare , the world’s largest accessible online library, serves more than 100,000 readers with visual impairments, and physical or learning disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Since we're a partner of Hadley's (our goal is to be the school library for their students), Hadley's president, Chuck Young, invited me and other Hadley supporters to accompany him and his staff on this celebratory trip. We started our visit in Hong Kong, visiting the three main nonprofits there serving the blind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Those working to enforce intellectual property law and copyright protection will remain in a continuing “arms race,” with the “crackers” who will find ways to copy and share content without payment. Voice recognition and touch user-interfaces with the Internet will be more prevalent and accepted by 2020. It’s the human plight, I suppose.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Copyright infringements: A large portion of historical collections are in the public domain. The Library of Congress advises collection users to go through a risk assessment process for each image they seek to reproduce. Should the museum impose a fee on reproducers or limit their pursuits in other ways?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. follow up here ) A pilot project the Library of Congress is undertaking with Flickr , the enormously popular photo-sharing site that has been a Web 2.0 Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections. Launched in Jan.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

They then place social entrepreneurs in the direct action and systems change box. Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States. It makes a copyright exception like the U.S. Enter the Born Accessible movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. What if all those sources were in one place and you didn't have to search for new information on the page you??????d Tourism Campaigns or celebrate a place or county or state. the work of copyright holders.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Library of Congress, working with the U.S. Copyright Office, completed its "triannual" rulemaking on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These rules will be in place for the next three years and have freed up our right to repair an expanded list of things. What's Next for Kyle? That's easy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2015

Nonprofits, for example, may also create a list of the best online library resources for their niche. Add a place on your site for bloggers to submit work and spread the word with blogs who focus on blogging. Provide an “I’ve been featured” badge for bloggers to place on their blog. Additonally, Timing is important as well.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

I''m an engineer and social entrepreneur, trying to make the world a better place for people with disabilities, and I rarely step into the role of vocal advocate. I feel quite strongly about this because of how well a balanced copyright law can work, and does work, right here in the United States. Here is what is happening. to swallow.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. If you are interested in having your nonprofit listed on the Giving Library, you can apply here. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

This is a round-up of some of the free graphics tools that various folks have recommended to me including some sources for copyright free images. A good place to start is the Lifehacker Learn the Basics of Photoshop: The Complete Guide. The Inkscape Tutorials Blog is a good place to check out to see what the program can do.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

After all, if we’re going to invest all of that time and money sending me places, Benetech better get its social good bang for the buck. I had a joint meeting (both Republicans and Democrats) with the key Senate Judiciary Committee staff who are the copyright experts, and learned a lot about the process. Student privacy. Enough said!

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