Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. Noteworthy Articles in the Treaty: Article 2(a). Article 2(c). Articles 5 and 6.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The latest session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) just concluded last week. Being silent on the big issue of circumvention would lead to a world where accessibility could be prohibited by contract.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 21, 2007
Interesting article over at the icommons.org site called CC Licensing Practice Reviewed Alek Tarkowski, ccPoland It mentions an experiment in a dutch town where they removed the traffic signs or the rules. As noted in the article, Once rules are removed, people become considerate. iron cage of copyright???
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
Orphan works article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian News. I'll be speaking out more on copyright issues in the coming months. A recent article mentions why Benetech is concerned about orphan works: obscure works are hard to find the copyright owner, and it costs to much to hassle with.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 9, 2023
The article reinforces the message we’ve shared for years that these tools can benefit nonprofits in many ways, especially small nonprofits. The article warns as we do in our book that the danger is that nonprofits will grab the software off the shelf before its limitations are understood.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 11, 2007
can easily see which books have global permissions, which are required when we can't rely on our copyright exemption (which only works inside the U.S.). The first is the initial international changes as we take Bookshare.org global. Users with disabilities outside the U.S. Crucial first steps on the road to taking this service global!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 5, 2012
” He says that copyright infringement is not theft. ” This is the topic of my feature article the NTEN Change journal for June, 2012. I think it can serve as an excellent reference, when in doubt about whether you are still doing the right thing or not, when it comes to re-using and republishing other people content.
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