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Why Your Country Should Ratify the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The international legal landscape for people with these disabilities dramatically changed on June 28, 2013, when the World Intellectual Property Organization adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. delegation signing the treaty.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A virtual good, a non-rivalrous good, enables a far greater range of business models, options for sustainability, than a traditional industry based on exchanging physical goods. 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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Why Privacy Matters (or Should) to Nonprofits

NTEN

Banking laws leave business customers vulnerable to Internet fraud" (March 21, 2010, Los Angeles Times). What many businesses (and nonprofits) don't realize is that Federal law doesn't protect commercial accounts the same way it protects personal accounts. What is your bank doing to protect you?

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The Essentials to Writing a Content Marketing Strategy | Every Nonprofit Communicator Needs to See This.

Connection Cafe

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. Whether using internal resources or hiring consultants, you should plan a budget – time or financial – that will enable you to commit to creating the written strategy.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. Helms founded Goodwill in 1902, described it as an “industrial program as well as a social service enterprise.” In 2014, Goodwill received $3.94

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The Essentials to Writing a Content Marketing Strategy | Every Nonprofit Communicator Needs to See This

Connection Cafe

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. Whether using internal resources or hiring consultants, you should plan a budget – time or financial – that will enable you to commit to creating the written strategy.

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