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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
The Bookshare library is made possible by a copyright exception: Section 121 of the United States Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment. Students outside the United States are not covered by this national copyright exception, because every country has its own copyright law.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. And, if a copyright holder doubts that your organization meets the requirement in making an accessible copy, they are welcome to file a legal complaint of copyright infringement and make the case. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. This is a crucial point. And, the U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 15, 2009
Mauer does a great job in capturing the advocacy position of the Reading Rights Coalition. And, registration of disability won't solve the problem of many people who aren't blind (perhaps they have disabilities that fall short of the traditional copyright exemption definition of disability). The RRC's motto is "No Need for Greed!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2010
A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion.
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