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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

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copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.

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

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For example: I want you to act as an average college student in the Midwest. There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. We’re seeing many organizations employ AI strategies and policies that guide integrations across departments. Copyediting.

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Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) Protect You and Your Organization

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An acceptable usage policy (AUP) is a set of rules applied by the. The AUP is an integral part of security policies for businesses, universities, schools, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and website. Legal liability, copyright infringement and harassment claims. In short, a policy ensures that every user understands that.

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The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon (Blog Post #2)

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The Digital Millenium Copyright Act ("DMCA") workaround. But, the lousy quality of accessibility of the Kindle presents a civil rights problem: schools can't adopt Kindles and lock out their disabled students. The advocates will sue the schools for choosing Kindle textbooks and violating the civil rights of disabled students.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

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In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » A Vision of Your Target Market

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Many of you have already seen this video called A Vision of Students Today , added to YouTube over a month ago and now the 94th most discussed video of all time on YouTube with over 6,000 comments. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us

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Lawsuit over denying access to a student with learning disabilities

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That's why it's painful to hear about disputes over denying students with very real print disabilities access to these resources. We’ve already made a huge difference in the area of software for students with disabilities and for human rights and environmental organizations. serving students with print disabilities.

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