Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2010
A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. thanks to our domestic copyright exception. Unfortunately, we can’t export these books, as other countries have copyright laws that we wouldn’t violate.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 12, 2007
Lucy Chilli's Copyright and Commons Publishing Game. I'll start the session with a very brief overview of examples ( NGO in a box - Open Publishing ) and an overview of the CC licenses. Brainstorm a context - ngo, goals, strategy, type of project 2. Each group would be asked to: 1. Pick tools, publishing license 3.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. I see the grand wave of IoT and Big Data combining to generate the copyright issue for the ages. This is on a personal computing level. It’s one of the cloud services I use most.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. Reform Copyright. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Friday, December 2, 2016. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. Sunday, December 4, 2016. Monday, December 5, 2016. Wednesday, November 9, 2016.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2016
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. But, to make that happen, we need to recreate the favorable copyright policy environment we enjoy in the United States. It makes a copyright exception like the U.S.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Note from Beth: Lately, a question on my mind is whether or not the concept of Networked Nonprofits is a global one as I’ve had the opportunity to share some of the ideas beyond the US borders in Kenya and UK. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit. We now use Creative Commons licenses everywhere!
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