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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We rely on free licenses to proprietary content and software, and typically get a “Yes!” We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries. Authors Guild vs. HathiTrust.

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Bookshare’s Status as an Authorized Entity under Section 121

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare actively cooperates with the Library of Congress in the provision of Bookshare’s services to people with disabilities, through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress (NLS).

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Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) Protect You and Your Organization

Tech Soup

For schools and libraries that offer Internet as well as internal. Security details such as managing passwords, software licenses and intellectual privacy. Tip: Make sure to discuss your proposed policy with a cross section of staff as. Attention: Schools, Libraries and Other Educational Institutions. Lost productivity.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live on August 15: Online Privacy

Tech Soup

From the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act to "do not track" browser settings, Internet privacy has been at the forefront of discussions about our rights online. Alexandra graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law and has an undergraduate theater degree from Northwestern University.

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