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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

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We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Background on this can be reviewed at the Knowledge Ecology International website. student with a qualified print disability needs, we have a wonderful domestic copyright exemption.

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Mobilizing Impact at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

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Department of State, about empowering the world’s billion people with disabilities ; or to talking with my peer Skoll Award winners about writing software for development, social justice and human rights needs—CGI 2013 was a nonstop flow of sessions and exchanges with partners on ways to leverage resources towards each organization’s mission.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

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The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd. Today I’m delighted to share the exciting news about the new award we just received from OSEP to build upon Bookshare’s success and significantly improve access for students with disabilities. In the U.S.,

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

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Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. When we received a grant from the Bernard Newcomb Foundation in 2007 to take Bookshare international, I asked Viji to become Bookshare’s International Program Coordinator.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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The next 10X opportunity is to go global, by ramping up Bookshare International to serve the millions of people with print disabilities worldwide. The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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In addition, we acknowledged the critical support of Bernie Newcomb who helped fund our International Bookshare service. copyright law. A little over 4 years ago, we won a competitive contract award from the US Department of Education which took a bold risk on Bookshare.

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President’s Update: Fall 2013

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students, we also serve adults, seniors, veterans, and international subscribers in over 40 countries. Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible.

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