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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Today, the Marrakesh Treaty has been ratified by more than thirty countries, and went into international effect and law as of last year.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Even an organization with the marketing muscle and international support of OLPC can't avoid infighting over whether or not they should build a version of their system featuring Microsoft's distinctly unfree Windows XP. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Money, it's a drag.

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