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Why We're Blacking Out Sites: PIPA and SOPA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Part of my objective was to show the unintended consequences of Internet censorship bills like SOPA and PIPA (SOPA's Senate buddy bill), responding to alerts from organizations I trust like the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Don't Break the Internet! In November, I wrote a blog post entitled: Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.

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Direct mail built the conservative movement. Can influencers beat it?

M+R

As incredible as they might sound, these are just a few of the new “children’s rights laws” that could become a reality under a new United Nations program if fully implemented by the Carter administration. You never know who has anti-vaccine videos buried in their content libraries. QA: make sure they’re value-aligned.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have previously written about the top issues addressed by the Treaty , but to recap, the Treaty is a wonderful instrument because it requires exceptions for people who are blind or have other print disabilities in national copyright laws. HathiTrust.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.

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Pew Internet and American Life Project: Future of the Internet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Pew Internet and American Life Project has issued its annual forecast of “ The Future of the Internet.” It offers predictions for the Internet in 2020. Here's the high points: The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the Internet for most people in the world in 2020.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.