Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
copyright law. The Section 121 copyright exception (often known as the Chafee Amendment after the Senator who introduced it in 1996) makes it possible for Benetech to scan just about any book and make it available to this community. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 15, 2014
One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. a11y accessibility blind Bookshare copyright IP Marrakesh Treaty print disabilities visual impairment WIPO'
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Engadget
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Meta just announced its first-ever LlamaCon , a dev conference dedicated to generative AI. The companys also currently embroiled in a lawsuit that accuses it of training Llama models on copyrighted book materials without permission. Its scheduled for April 29. Why the llama-based naming convention?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 17, 2008
I just got back from a terrific week in Austria at the International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs conference. This is an academic conference on access technology, full of researchers trying out new things that will help people with disabilities. And that's just two examples.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S. It was named for the first board chair of AFB, M.C. We hope you’ll join us on this journey.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
That's a huge difference compared to copyrighted works that we convert under the copyright exemption, which we have to keep under tight controls to restrict copyrighted works to only the use of people with bona fide print disabilities in the U.S. Since they are open, we can get them and do the adaptations for accessibility.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 5, 2013
I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! copyright exception. Me delivering Benetech''s closing statement to the conference. Diplomatic leaders leaders gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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