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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. of America v.

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Watch Your Content: Protecting Your Website Against Copyright Infringement

Byte Technology

So it’s little surprise that the massive proliferation of online resources has spawned a major problem: protecting website content from copyright infringement in the form of plagiarism or outright theft. Thankfully, there are preventative measures you can take to protect your web content copyrights.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. Benetech has some of the juiciest and most exciting range of legal challenges I can imagine: the great majority of our legal work concerns intellectual property and human rights.

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Benetech’s Framework for Developing New Social Enterprises

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea. copyright law. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure.

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The Ultimate Checklist to Choose a Web Vendor

Care2

Many nonprofits who are going through a website redesign on a tight budget want to know the best ways to find and hire a web vendor, especially ones that will understand their goals and challenges. Technology. Do they have expertise in a particular technology? Technology nptech' What is their reputation?

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LMS Security and Compliance: Steps for Protection and Adherence

Gyrus

It encompasses practices and technologies that protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive learner and instructor information, course materials, and system functionalities. What are the Common LMS Security and Data Protection Challenges, and How Do You Overcome Them?