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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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Solutions Day 2023—It’s Happening!

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Also on her agenda is how copyright law and fair use apply to AI. Discovering underserved member segments, sunsetting lackluster products, and understanding where to invest learning dollars are key to uncovering the voices you need to hear and creating the customized experiences your members want and need.

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Solutions Day 2023—Beyond Answers to Insight

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One of the biggest is whether AI-generated content is protected by copyright law. Sponsored by Adage Discover the “True” Voice of Your Customers, featuring Eric O’Connor, Chief Growth Officer, American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Surveys, focus groups, and anecdotes are traditional methods for understanding your customers.

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

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There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. Content needs to be checked and referenced, and sometimes falls short. Outsourcing your marketing entirely to AI will result in bad marketing and will hurt your brand.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

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That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

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These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. We’re grateful to our socially responsible publishing partners who give us world rights to their titles, even though they are not required to do so under international copyright law.

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Just Joined a New Federal Commission!

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We have top leaders from the Department, the disability community including students, publishers, the Copyright Office, academia and other experts. People and organizations with an interest in this issue should be sure to participate in the public process and make sure their voices are heard.