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Upholding The Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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

Forum One

There is a scary elephant in the room: efficiencies can also mean a team can do more with fewer people, but resisting change isn’t the way to approach this. Rather, we see effective teams being able to turn their attention to new ideas and approaches they didn’t have time for before. What should I look out for when using AI?

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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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! Not only that, Gerry also turned me and a bunch of the Benetech team onto digital photography. I went to Gerry with the idea for Bookster.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

was to keep the Benetech team in the loop. Getting some kind of licensing deal is critically important, because it will take many years for the Marrakesh Treaty to be fully implemented with its copyright exceptions. But, the Treaty does lean much more in the direction of a copyright exception without a commercial exemption.

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Mitigating future risks: Why your organization should have an AI policy 

Candid

So in 2023, Candid’s executives, human resources team, compliance manager, and legal counsel collaboratively developed guidelines for AI use. Setting a framework for AI use At Candid, we acknowledge AI’s value in helping us improve the ways in which we support the social sector through information.

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Solutions Day 2023—Beyond Answers to Insight

.orgSource

Teamed with Co-Founder, Chip Massey, a former FBI hostage negotiator, this duo could persuade Ebenezer Scrooge to launch a charity. One of the biggest is whether AI-generated content is protected by copyright law. The use of AI in IP also raises additional questions. Another is how fair use applies to AI-generated content.

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