Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

For the past three years, UpCodes and its founders have been entangled in a copyright lawsuit filed by the International Code Council (ICC). UpCodes’ building code database is at the center of the lawsuit, because it contains material the ICC claims copyright on. ” Can the law be copyrighted?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Twitch published a blog post today with the relatively anodyne title “Music-Related Copyright Claims and Twitch.” Twitch was unprepared for a sudden onslaught of copyright takedown notices from the music industry that started back in May. What was in it, however, was anything but. The bottom line?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. and as far as I know, most of the other exceptions) law, there is no approval or authorization by other entities, whether government, publishing industry or the disability consumer organizations. that has ever been filed on this point. that has ever been filed on this point.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and its close collaborator (and investor), Microsoft, for allegedly violating copyright law by training generative AI models on Times’ content.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the remote testing company Proctorio on behalf of Miami University student Erik Johnson. After Johnson refused, Proctorio filed a copyright takedown notice, and three of the tweets were removed. Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Nike is suing an online marketplace for launching non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on Nike shoes, testing the limits of crypto trademark law and what an NFT actually is. A lot of NFT controversies involve copyright infringement allegations — typically, a crypto project minting tokens based on an artist’s work without permission.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. However, this bill is narrowly tailored and avoids criminalizing users, who may do nothing more than click on a link, or upload a file. Copyright is messy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

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. Students do not have to be blind to qualify under the copyright exception. What is the school signup process for Bookshare? More than half of U.S.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 29, 2013

The attached file contains the encrypted message that you have received. To read the encrypted message, complete the following steps: - Double-click the encrypted message file attachment to download the file to your computer. Select whether to open the file or save it to your hard drive. . Copyright © 2013 KeyCorp®.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

It’s an unprecedented use of anti-harassment laws, coming amid a nationwide law enforcement backlash against anti-police brutality activism. The Nutley Police Department filed its complaints in late July over a tweet posted during a June 26th protest. Charges were filed by our department.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2020

The controversial film Planet of the Humans , produced by Michael Moore, was taken down from YouTube on Monday because of a copyright infringement claim. The complaint was filed by photographer Toby Smith, who was alarmed that his work was used in a film that he doesn’t support, The Guardian reports. “I . | Photo: Planet of the Humans.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Projekt Melody briefly disappeared from Twitch due to a copyright dispute over her body Projekt Melody swears her body belongs to her — the purple hair, the cat-eared bow, and all the barely there clothing that strategically covers her up. Swenson, a partner at Patterson Thuente who specializes in IP law. Melody was banned from Twitch.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For everyone else, the lawsuit is about whether language compatibility is tantamount to copyright infringement. To say the very least, it was a different world when the case was first filed. But far away from Silicon Valley, there’s been a sea change that encompasses much more than a mere $6 billion and the future of copyright law.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

It is important to respect copyright laws. Morgue File – This collection of photographs were freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects. Here’s a round up of resources and advice. It isn’t a good idea to just grab an image from Internet, tweak it, and call it your own.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

“Prediction: The side that wins the metaphor battle will win the case,” tweeted University of Oklahoma College of Law professor Sarah Burstein. Oracle covers a complex question : what elements of computer code can be copyrighted, and if that code is covered by copyright, when it’s still legal to use pieces of it under fair use.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

The federal lawsuit, reported earlier this month by Atlanta Business Chronicle , was originally filed in state court last year. As The Hollywood Reporter reported last year , two law firms recently filed similar suits on behalf of towns in Texas, Indiana, Ohio, and Nevada. million in retroactive fees for that area alone.

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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. Or file a DMCA notice. Now, apparently, we can file a counter-notice. We write software for people with disabilities as well as human rights and environmental groups. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

To spread their fake goods on platforms like Facebook and Amazon, counterfeiters take advantage of a legal provision that protects those companies from user-generated copyright infringement. Even people who should be experts in copyright matters can struggle to contend with takedown policies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

With Replit, users can share a workspace with one or many users and see real-time edits across files, message each other and debug code together. It’s unclear whether Ghostwriter, too, was trained on licensed or copyrighted code. Beyond that, users can share projects, ask for help, learn from tutorials and use templates.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

An entrepreneur might have the best idea since sliced bread, but if they’re unable to protect it with the relevant patents, trademarks, or copyrights, then there’s a good chance they won’t see the fruits that their labor otherwise might deserve. Founded in early 2021, RightHub has some 75 staff across Europe and the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

copyright law. They send Bookshare the same digital book files that they provide to Amazon, Apple or Barnes and Noble. Our breakthrough with Bookshare was to put our users in charge of the collection. Our lower cost model made it practical to invert the power structure.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

The company also recently won a legal victory when United States District Court Judge Victor Marrero granted UpCodes its motion to dismiss a false advertising and unfair competition lawsuit filed against it by the International Code Council (ICC). A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law.

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The Verge

AUGUST 11, 2021

Apple has settled its copyright lawsuit against Corellium, a company that sells virtual iPhone environments for security testing. Apple sued Corellium in 2019, claiming the company infringed on its iOS copyrights, and expanded the case with more allegations in 2020. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Proctorio was suing him for tweeting the videos, as well as a screenshot of its website — the company claimed he’d infringed its copyright and distributed confidential material. But as critics are discovering, the law is giving Proctorio an unexpected advantage, allowing the company to shut down criticisms by appealing to copyright law. +.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Adam Mossoff is a patent law expert at George Mason University who has testified before Congress on the STRONGER Patent Act and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Many IP owners don’t even file a lawsuit. Adam Mossoff. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Simply put, Big Tech benefits from stealing IP. innovation economy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

DAISY Audio and MP3 formats offer Bookshare members more choices to read on the go In this case, we upgraded the Bookshare website to allow direct downloads of accessible MP3 files for a small number of Bookshare ebooks. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

What Next — posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center The IRS has begun to revoke the tax-exempt status for those nonprofit organizations that have not filed some form of a 990 (information report) for three years. These smaller nonprofits were not required to file a year-end information report.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

copyright law. We developed strong relationships with publishers who share our values and voluntarily submit high quality digital files directly to Bookshare. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure. As a result, we quickly became the world’s largest online library for people with print disabilities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

It can then be uploaded as a PDF file or into Final Draft. This includes animal handling, children’s safety, copyright law objects, stunt performance requirements and even COVID safety measures. Users can also search for, change or remove any breakdown element and add new categories.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Mark) Lee approached the problem initially from a legal perspective when he was still a Harvard law student. About half of all reports the company files to online marketplaces, for example, are automatically drafted using AI and software do not need to go through a human inspection, co-founder and CEO Mark Lee told TechCrunch. “No

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As many, many people predicted, all this didn’t sit well with the famously litigious Tolkien Estate — it filed a complaint with WIPO on August 7th, the day after the tokens went on sale. That is, by the way, is the exact same day the WIPO’s report says that JRR Token filed its response to the complaint.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. This is great news.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

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