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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. copyright law.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Independence Day, 2011

VisionLink

Independence Day, 2011 Stan Stahl, Ph.D. © Copyright 2011. These are community-honoring, and community-building essays every time. You can find more of his writing at [link]. Passing on his thoughts for this 4th of July. Douglas Zimmerman VisionLink, Inc. Let Freedom Ring. Stan Stahl, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved.'

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

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Statement of Benetech to the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the World Intellectual Property Organization June 15, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland • Greetings from California’s Silicon Valley!

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Lawsuit over denying access to a student with learning disabilities

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Statement on Bookshare January 24, 2011 Response to Request for Information Benetech, the nonprofit parent of the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities, is responding to a request to answer specific questions on how Bookshare operates. Students do not have to be blind to qualify under the copyright exception.

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Thanks to BitTorrent, The 4-Hour Chef goes from being boycotted by Barnes and Noble to a bestseller

The Next Web

The book is published by Amazon Publishing, which signed the back in August 2011. Copyright infringement isn’t going to stop any time soon, but that doesn’t mean BitTorrent can’t keep helping out authors, musicians, and producers with the P2P protocol. Here’s the story.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

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The theme of IDPD 2011 is “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development.” In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. In the U.S.,

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