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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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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. with a legally qualifying print disability per the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act. There are some 7.5 million students (15% of the U.S.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Do I Really Have To Worry About AI?

Bloomerang

Take some time to curate some AI educational resources that match your favorite learning method. Which data will you allow it to access? Create a draft policy; run it by an attorney to make sure you’re not running afoul of copyright, trademark, breach of confidentiality, unintentional bias, or other potential pitfalls.

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Getting Close to a Treaty!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. The first issue is that the treaty would not permit direct access by consumers to international authorized entities.

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iCommons: Artist Residency - Exploring Open Content

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Icommons Artist-in-Residency program is seeking artists who create work both in the physical and digital world and who engage with copyright in some way - either by using Creative Commons licenced content as their inspiration, or by licencing their work under CC; or artists who simply challenge the boundaries of copyright law.

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LMS Security and Compliance: Steps for Protection and Adherence

Gyrus

Implementing role-based access control is crucial to combat this risk and safeguard your LMS platform. LMS security involves measures to safeguard a learning management system (LMS) from unauthorized access, data breaches, disruption, modification, and other security threats. What is LMS Security? What is a Compliance LMS?

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?