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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos

Forum One

The good news is that many tools are incredibly user-friendly, and experimentation can be one of the best ways to learn what works for you. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. But if you’re just starting out, you’re not behind!

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BBC News - Copyright group Creative Commons targets web users

AFP Blog

BBC News - Copyright group Creative Commons targets web users

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In general, it may be considered fair use if you are reproducing a work for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. Copyright Office. Copyright Office. The nature of the copyrighted work. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. He came back the next day and gave me unbelievably positive news.

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Why Your Country Should Ratify the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The good news is that there are now unprecedented opportunities to transform the lives of these millions by removing barriers of access to information  —   and this is where you can help. It does so by making it legal under copyright to create accessible books without needing to seek permission or (in most countries) paying a royalty.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. I see the grand wave of IoT and Big Data combining to generate the copyright issue for the ages. Green Technology. Anything I missed?

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