Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. At Benetech, our commitment is to uphold that social deal.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. That would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a library.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 7, 2013
Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 30, 2013
Bookshare As followers of this blog know, Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. You can read much more about this in Jim Fruchterman’s blog post, “Upholding the Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance.” What is it and why is it important?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 16, 2008
Voice recognition and touch user-interfaces with the Internet will be more prevalent and accepted by 2020. 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.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
I’m listing most of the concerns voiced in that debate so that readers can assess the severity of each obstacle and can help generate ideas for surmounting them, toward a goal of more open collections access. Copyright infringements: A large portion of historical collections are in the public domain.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 23, 2008
"The writing is in his own voice, personal and authentic, and he's giving the patrons exactly what they crave: who won which competition, who just got engaged, where alums are singing, backstage snapshots. Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections.
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