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Lawsuit over denying access to a student with learning disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She asked me to comment on a bunch of issues around Bookshare, and we prepared the comments below. The legal framework for Bookshare is the Section 121 copyright exception in federal copyright law: all Bookshare users must have a disability that qualifies under that section. serving students with print disabilities.

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Economically, open looks better than closed

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08

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IP Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There is a very interesting PDF floating about with a powerpoint presentation by the CEO of the RIAA about the copyright/filesharing, etc. I’m looking forward to the Crooks and Liars channel! I’m going to watch this pretty carefully. issue as they see it. Uck.They still don’t get it.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags. It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. Foter is an online database of royalty free images. Clker is an online database of royalty free clip art. Foter :: foter.com.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Better Together: Collaboration and.

ASU Lodestar Center

If youre completely lost, the Nonprofit Collaboration Database is a great place to start. Its packed with helpful information, as well as a searchable database of nonprofits who are looking for partners. Plenty of resources are appearing to help guide and promote collaboration. Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Responsively designed for both desktop and mobile devices, customers can buy, share, like, comment and checkout all from your nonprofit’s Facebook Page. It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. PicMarked photos would make a good Flickr slideshow as well. Wibbitz :: wibbitz.com.

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