Copyright Download Policy 
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
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
When students with disabilities need books for school or simply want to read the same books as their peers without disabilities, they are likely to find that e-book in Bookshare and able to download it in the format of their choice to use at school, at home or elsewhere. What can be done today to build this accessible tomorrow?
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 29, 2011
We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! 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.
Gyrus
JULY 25, 2024
Disseminates automated notifications for policy updates and acknowledgment in employees’ preferred languages, ensuring everyone is up-to-date. Extends this customization to policies and documentation, offering them in employees’ preferred languages to guarantee access to the most up-to-date compliance information.
Gyrus
JULY 25, 2024
Disseminates automated notifications for policy updates and acknowledgment in employees’ preferred languages, ensuring everyone is up-to-date. Extends this customization to policies and documentation, offering them in employees’ preferred languages to guarantee access to the most up-to-date compliance information.
Gyrus
JULY 25, 2024
Disseminates automated notifications for policy updates and acknowledgment in employees’ preferred languages, ensuring everyone is up-to-date. Extends this customization to policies and documentation, offering them in employees’ preferred languages to guarantee access to the most up-to-date compliance information.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2010
A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The draft can be downloaded from WIPO. This draft can be downloaded from the DAISY Consortium.
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