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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 5, 2009
We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
The Migel Medal, often called the highest honor in the blindness field, is awarded annually to one or two individuals whose careers exemplify exceptional accomplishments in the field. Helen Keller, who worked for AFB for many years, was on the original award board for its first twenty years, starting in 1937.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Bookshare actively cooperates with the Library of Congress in the provision of Bookshare’s services to people with disabilities, through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress (NLS).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 2, 2012
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 28, 2013
We the People is an online petitioning service launched by the Obama Administration that enables U.S. Although its terms of service specify that only individuals can create and sign petitions, U.S.-based Statigram is a service for tracking your Instagram statistics. We the People :: petitions.whitehouse.gov. Government.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 8, 2011
We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders).
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