Copyright Literacy United States Work 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. I believe in the power of books to change the world.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Benetech has some of the juiciest and most exciting range of legal challenges I can imagine: the great majority of our legal work concerns intellectual property and human rights. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
I’m excited to share highlights from our work and its significance for the multitudes we serve. Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible.
ASU Lodestar Center
APRIL 15, 2011
A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] Responses from NMI students and alumni reveal that 94% say NMI courses are relevant to their daily work. We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy. We welcome your comments and feedback.
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. Most of the time, that works great, and we end up making a new friend after they dig a little and find out that we are closer to Florence Nightingale than the Dread Pirate Roberts. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
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