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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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It’s 2013: Where’s your nonprofit’s social media policy?

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Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations. What’s in a social media policy? Handling controversy: This quite possibly the most important part of any social media policy. How to write your policy.

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Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She and her senior policy adviser, Hal Plotkin, are huge fans of Open Educational Resources (OERs), having been involved in starting that movement in community colleges. There's even a quote from Governor Schwarzenegger in the press release! We're promising to do highly accessible versions of 80 open content textbooks.

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Accessibility and ACTA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment. Disability advocates should, at minimum, press for a seat at the ACTA table. These approaches usually lock out people with disabilities.

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Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Illuminating Politics – Online

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This person told me that the behind-the-scenes phone calls and pressures, public meetings and traditional press were still how they did their work — and quite successfully. And this pressure from the bloggers acts as a feedback loop to the press, a loop that we never had before.

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So You Think You Can Blog? Guidelines For New Bloggers

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Get press leads? Respect copyright laws by quoting and linking to the full text and only use images that you have permission to use (i.e. What policies and expectations have helped put your bloggers at ease? Your bloggers won't stay committed to blogging regularly unless they understand your goals for blogging. Foster community?

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