Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

The other recipient this year was Kay Ferrell, Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, who won the Medal for her tremendous work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Second Life, the on-line parallel universe, is a controversial topic. Some folks are fanatical about it, and it's touching a lot of real world places. I was wandering by Second Life interviews onsite at Davos. At the same time, I have heard that it is overhyped and that the number of participants is exaggerated.

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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. It has a statement encouraging national copyright exceptions for people with print disabilities as a Good Thing™.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

In general, we have patents and copyrights and trade secrets as commercial objects because we as a society think that it helps bring the benefits of new creations to everyone. Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology. Regulation is helpful, but not enough.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. But, we don’t think people with print disabilities should be denied access to library services just because the book is for sale.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue. Viji, who is from India, received a BA in accounting from Madras University and moved with her husband to the Bay Area. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

After all, that's the whole point of universal design ! This is unlike Bookshare, which is for the 1-2% of the population who qualifies for the copyright exemption. Although our efforts on RtF are mainly around serving people with disabilities, we are open to thinking more broadly about how these technologies could benefit more people.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 17, 2008

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. Her conclusion was no, and her research was well done.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Professor Vinod Sena was a retired professor of English literature at the University of Delhi. He has been described as the pioneer of Talking Books in India, and had been campaigning for a copyright law change to make it easier to provide access to accessible books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

copyright law. Bookshare also works with large trade publishers such as HarperCollins, Random House, Scholastic, international publishers like the IMF, World Bank and Brookings, twenty-two university presses, and more than one hundred and fifty other publishers. Our lower cost model made it practical to invert the power structure.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2018

Research into the hashtags is necessary to make sure none of the hashtags are copyrighted or being used in a mocking or inappropriate manner. Danielle Connolly is a graduate of the Arizona State University Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

But, the cards are copyrighted by Gallup. Site Map Accessibility Contact Site Setup RSS Feed Copyright & Trademark Accessibility Privacy Emergency Contact ASU ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation College of Public Programs | Arizona State University | University Center Mail Code 4120 411 N.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

After talking about Hadley's work in China, Chuck Young allowed me to address an audience at the university about how Bookshare.org could be used in Hong Kong and China. In addition, Hong Kong passed a copyright exemption just in the last year, and the leaders in Hong Kong are considering how to utilize this new tool.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Crediting other sources: As it is common practice on social media to re-post images and articles from other sources, we included links to copyright and Creative Commons instructions to better inform our employees on these legal restrictions and discussed some best-practices. Connect with Colleen on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

In response to the growing needs of professional nonprofit managers, numerous university-based nonprofit management education programs have emerged, but few offer continuing education for nonprofit professionals. A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] Pollak, T.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 6, 2011

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

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. The AUP is an integral part of security policies for businesses, universities, schools, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and website.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

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MARCH 22, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

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See3

JANUARY 10, 2008

It is put on by American University’s Center for Social Media. 7-8 at American University. Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3.

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JUNE 1, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Dr. Bob Long , Distinguished Visiting Professor in Youth and Nonprofit Leadership from Murray State University , delivered an inspirational keynote address to graduates. She is proud that she now understands how to read blue prints (and even has her very own hard hat and steel-toed boots)! The few, the proud, the Humaniacs! Central Ave.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 19, 2011

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

I have worked in a bustling public library, a small governmental department library, a huge federal medical library, a small specialized library for a film studio, a huge archival special collection for a university, a medical school library, and the library for the school I got my Master’s Degree of Library Science from, UCLA.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

ASU is a research university that puts significant effort into true academic research. In fact, it ought to be a fun, exhilarating, rewarding experience for both members of this important leadership team. So, are we accomplishing this goal? What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

from the perspective of an IT department director, Brian Kelly at the University of Bath in the UK. Legal Fundamentalist: it breaches copyright, ??? This is slide 31 of an interesting presentation about Web2.0 I found it in one of my more recently required addictions - SlideShare. In the middle, the slides cover the tools.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

Yesterday, I presented this seminar to University Extension Professionals. There is so much I'm learning from educators about this, including some of the comments I culled from the Chat from yesterday's Extension webinar: In our 4H Youth Development work, copyright has been a big issue, but this step 8 opens up some things.

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