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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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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. copyright law.

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Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO

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I'm here in Geneva for the 20th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meeting. This is the international forum for discussing copyright issues, and it is the body considering the Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI).

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

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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. Remember how crucial the Section 121 copyright exception was to creating Bookshare?

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Why Social Media Can Suck

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Does anyone have a problem with Facebook dictating what they think that we think is important through secret algorithms? Copyright: Who Really Owns Your Photos, Video and Media? It seems that Facebook maybe thinking about giving third party apps or networks the right to use your name or pictures in ads in the future.

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Austria conference on access technology

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I spread the word that Bookshare.org is now available to people outside the United States, albeit with only 3,000 copyrighted books today instead of 35,000, because we need to get permission from publishers and authors to share their books outside the U.S. And that's just two examples.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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But, the cards are copyrighted by Gallup. Blogger has been having a few issues lately, but they're working to resolve their problems and will hopefully restore the comments soon. Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo. I have contacted them to see if we can share with select nonprofit audiences.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: The Office or the Impact?

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Using geographic information system (GIS) mapping, the report depicted a rather bleak picture of "nonprofitness" in the area as compared to other regions. A particularly big problem is Arizona's elephant, Banner Health, which we locate at just it's Phoenix address. Recognizing the problem is a critical first step.