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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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The Challenges of Protecting Intellectual Property on Social Networks

NTEN

Nonprofits that want to connect with their constituents are almost obliged to participate on these networks. Yet, while the social networks hold tremendous benefit for nonprofits that successfully engage their stakeholders, there are also dangers. All in all, your nonprofit's content is not safe on these networks.

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10NTC: Are Nonprofits the New International Correspondents?

Tech Soup

The discussion wandered from writing to advocacy to curating to poetry to copyright. We chatted about the sad decline in international newspaper correspondents , but Roger suggested that this downturn could open new possibilities for nonprofits. TechSoup's Carlos Bergfeld was there too, as well as TechSoup forum host Robert Weiner.

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eBooks #2: So you want to e-publish? Mechanics…

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do to get my novels out in the world, and have been greatly influenced by Cory Doctorow in terms of copyright (or, more accurately, copyleft ). There are many methods for converting files to ePub and Mobi format. I’m talking in this post about self-publishing eBooks.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. is vital to any nonprofit organization. It lies at the root of everything a nonprofit does Ă¢?? There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Making Your Media Matter

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And you should be interested — this is the most important communications method available to nonprofit organizations. 13 Jan 2010 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Overall, the nonprofit online landscape looks good.

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