Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to people with qualifying disabilities around the world. It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. It includes pressuring national governments to enforce existing accessibility laws.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. It is narrower than the Treaty, and is not binding as a treaty would be (some call it “soft law” compared to the “hard law” of a treaty).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. Special thanks go to Charles Coward and Xavier Domènech of the Barcelona law firm Uría Menéndez.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

We’ve learned that there’s immense power in showing up in Washington with new ideas based on actual performance in the field—and that Washington is no less technical than Silicon Valley; the difference lies in what the famous scholar and activist Larry Lessig describes as “East Coast code” (laws) vs. “West Coast code” (software).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. DT: In your book, we learn that you found your calling quite young when you visited a death row inmate during your summer internship for law school.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. government and states like Texas. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. 748, the third relief package Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law to address the US response to COVID-19. This package also includes additional funding for a number of government programs and direct payments to individuals.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries? suggests just that.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

The Sweepstakes is open to individuals, submitting on behalf of nonprofit organizations and libraries all over the world, who are attending the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") in Washington, DC. and makes no representation or warranty that the Sweepstakes is in compliance with your local law. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2010

This post originally appeared on TechSoup for Libraries. Some would argue that promoting broadband should not be something with which the government should be heavily involved. Those of us working in the nonprofit and library sectors understand the profound effect of broadband and affordable access to underserved populations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

The FSM, which is made up of four distinct island states (Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap) sent teams from each of their states as well as the national government. Bookshare.org is a consultant to the Pacific CIMAP: our virtual library suits their geography as long as you can get access to the Internet.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. The government also became much more involved in social and cultural welfare programs. This gave them greater voice in the government. Takeaway: What did the government and nonprofit collaboration in the 1970s teach us?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. Government, and it talks about being interested in working on addressing the problem and discussing a wide range of solutions including the proposed Treaty. The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

The Challenge is open to all nonprofits and public libraries in the world that have received Symantec product donation(s) and are currently using the product. (a) government (" U.S. Eligibility. a) Nondiscrimination. This Challenge is void in the U.S. Embargo Countries "). Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

One of the many challenges this presents is the ability of first responders and governments to monitor this information and act on it in a timely manner. The social media, disaster response, non-profit and government leaders had a working lunch to brainstorm ways to better aggregate and respond to information on social media sites.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw, its researchers counted a whopping 5,592 ADA Title III lawsuit filings within the first six months of 2019! This law ensures that information is available to those with disabilities. government may withhold state funding if the state doesn’t comply with Section 508. For example, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

The team members came up with a tool to make the cumbersome process of collecting, transcribing, and cleaning data easier for urban nonprofits and government agencies. Although San Francisco is currently in a housing crisis/real estate boom , it also has some of the strongest tenant laws in the country.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities. Roughly 1–2 per cent of students in the United States meet these requirements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The annual 24-hour giving day, created to counter the retail-heavy push that begins with Black Friday, has thousands of nonprofits, businesses, city governments, and other institutions participating in a drive to highlight generosity and partnership for good. billion was donated to US based nonprofits, a 25% increase from 2019.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2015

to showcase your nonprofit or library. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and void where prohibited. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Then request a discounted Adobe CC membership or other donated Adobe products with TechSoup to get started!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States. Bookshare is terrific, but it’s fundamentally a separate system where a specialized library becomes the primary source of books for its patrons. Fast forward to today.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Or we need 1,000 donors to chip in, or we need 150,000 people to sign this petition to the government to make sure they protect this wilderness area. So he created this organization that builds libraries, schools, girls’ scholarships around the world. that the change in the tax law depressed giving, we haven’t seen that.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2017

Many wills and trusts are still written with quite formal language and might be similar to this example: “ I give, bequeath, and devise the sum of fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) to Middletown Library, located at 123 Main Sreet, Middletown, Wyoming. Ten percent (10%) of my estate to Middletown Library.”.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and my mother-in-law had an important meeting to attend. Over the last twenty years, the museum industry has moved towards greater reliance on gate sales, due to rising commercialism and diminishing government support. How did value membership rise to prominence? Others want something to do.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law to provide an additional $1.9 Additional Funding for Government Programs and Individuals. The American Rescue Plan Act also includes additional funding for government programs and direct payments for individuals. for community health centers.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

As with most legislation, it is unlikely that this bill will become a law in its current form as passed by the House, however it begins a conversation among the House, Senate and Administration on the next phase of COVID-19 relief. 895B for state, local, and Tribal government relief. 5M for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2007

CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. We blogged every step of the way, uploading our travel stories at libraries and free Internet cafes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library. Ensuring kids with disabilities get equal opportunity is, fortunately, a bipartisan issue. The Marrakesh Treaty.

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