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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). Or file a DMCA notice. Now, apparently, we can file a counter-notice. No need to send us a letter. Or do any real research.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Fundamentally, the Arkenstone Reader allowed blind people to create their own personal ebook as a text file that could be read in something like Microsoft Word. And, Bookshare’s promise to K-12 students with these kinds of disabilities is that if they need specific titles for school, we’ll get them. The first was the ebook.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). Or file a DMCA notice. Now, apparently, we can file a counter-notice. No need to send us a letter. Or do any real research.

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