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Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill

The Verge

On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images. Congress’ $2.3

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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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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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New ‘felony streaming’ measure is aimed at piracy services, not Twitch streamers

The Verge

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. More importantly, there’s nothing in the text of the bill that suggests platforms’ moderation of everyday copyright violations would need to change.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. Vine is Twitter’s mobile app that can be used to create and share 6-second videos on Twitter. A smartphone app that allows users to easily record, edit, and share videos in just a few taps.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. You can read about the latest developments in the effort to make it legal for people with print disabilities to share books across borders in my recent blog post.