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Share, Use, Remix: An Overview of Creative Commons

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Copyright laws can be confusing and so mired in legalese that they're almost incomprehensible. Creative Commons has tried to make copyright law easier to understand and allow content creators to share what they've created, and to allow other people to use the content they've created for their own purposes.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: May 7 (Webby Winners!)

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(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharingtheir nptech awesome. Please stop by his post , or here, and leave your comments about how the NTEN community can keep the spirit alive 365! Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. Members are in bold. Congratulations!

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Happy Giving Tuesday: How Board Members Participate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Before I take you behind the scenes of our NTEN board fundraiser for Giving Tuesday , let me ask you to consider to a donation of any size to support NTEN and the Nonprofit Technology Conference Scholarship campaign. The NTEN Board Giving Tuesday Campaign. Source: Blackbaud.

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Will Robots (and bots) Replace Nonprofit Staff and Interns in the Workplace?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” If you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans, we’ll also be leading a featured session “ The Age of Automation: Bots, AI, and the Struggle for Humanity.” Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet.

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Send Your Feedback to the FCC: Net Neutrality Needs You

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We are inspired to see so many NTEN funders, sponsors, and members standing up for the support of an open Web , including Google, Microsoft, and Twitter. Advocacy Communications fcc internet issues law net neutrality open web' >> Visit DearFCC.org today , add your story, and share it with your colleagues, friends, and supporters!

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Introducing NTEN's New "Legal Corner": Avoiding Trouble While Doing Good

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How you store your data, solicit donations (across state borders, even), run your audits: almost every aspect of your organization is touched by technology these days, making it harder to know when you might be doing something in violation of the law. We value the work you do, so let's make sure that doesn't happen!

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up

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Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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