eBook Law Open Technology 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. We can do better!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
federal law supports braille instruction. We are confident that technology can continue to improve the quality of electronic braille such that a blind consumer can expect both immediate AND high quality braille on demand. Accordingly, U.S. In this sense, you could say that we are radical braille advocates.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 7, 2013
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 17, 2015
It supports domestic human and civil rights laws around access to information and education. · It helps hasten the development of a domestic electronic book industry in your country, since ebooks are one core format for providing accessible books. · It is politically popular. . · It is politically popular.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
I look forward to continuing the conversation the book has opened. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea. copyright law.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 15, 2009
A great (bad) example is Adobe, one of the leading ebook technology vendors, who just introduced their Digital Editions. Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment.
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