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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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Your Netflix alternative is here, and it’s only $15 for life

Mashable Tech

All of these reasons are probably why so many people are turning to BitMar, a streaming service alternative. BitMar is fully compliant with copyright laws — and it’s simply locating content already available on the web. You know how you can find some free movies or TV shows available online if you dig hard enough?

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Your Netflix alternative is here, and it’s only A$23 for a lifetime subscription

Mashable Tech

All of these reasons are probably why so many people are turning to BitMar, a streaming service alternative. BitMar is fully compliant with copyright laws — and it’s simply locating content already available on the web. You know how you can find some free movies or TV shows available online if you dig hard enough?

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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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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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How many layers of copyright infringement are in Emily Ratajkowski’s new NFT?

The Verge

The NFT, also, is a copyright nightmare, much like many of the images that Ratajkowski described grappling with throughout her career. The Richard Prince painting is itself a copyright nightmare. Is the font copyright protected, too? To break down the situation at hand: There is the NFT. Please help me. It’s messy!)

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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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