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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was always coming up with new, crazy ideas of social ventures, and Gerry was a great sounding board. Gerry quickly did the legal research and came back to explain that my idea, which seemed like it should be illegal, was 100% permitted under an obscure provision of the copyright law! I went to Gerry with the idea for Bookster.

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Read the Fine Print: Who Actually Owns Your Website?

Byte Technology

Sometimes, with custom site designs that aren’t pulled from existing templates, the designer has the right to copyright said design, which means you may be unable to take it to another designer should you choose and would have to start over from scratch if you decided to make a move. •

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Let Freedom Ring

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We hear the sound of freedom, just like that young boy heard during that Independence Day parade many years ago. In our arguments over the war on terror and our Afghan policy we hear the sound of freedom. In our arguments over energy policy and off-shore drilling we hear the sound of freedom. © Copyright 2010.

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First trip to China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I saw this cool software where you type in using Braille chords the sound of the character you want (first picture) , and then it gives you a list of similar-sounding characters along with a brief description (second picture). For example, chord 'em', 'ee', 'en', and get "mean- to mean", "mean-cheap", "mean-nasty", "mien-face", etc.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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Instead of cooperating with the other side, our politicians sound like Groucho Marx in Horsefeathers: "Whatever it is I''m against it." Copyright © 2014. Permission is granted to republish this essay provided its source is identified as The Agnostic Patriot at www.agnosticpatriot.org and this copyright is included.'

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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Instead of cooperating with the other side, our politicians sound like Groucho Marx in Horsefeathers: " Whatever it is I''m against it." Copyright © 2013. Permission is granted to republish this essay provided its source is identified as The Agnostic Patriot at www.agnosticpatriot.org and this copyright is included.'

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