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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand. Because of money.

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Google Images is making it easier to license photo rights

The Verge

Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed to make it easier to license photographs or pictures that are covered by copyright. Images with licensing information provided by the publisher will now appear in search results with a “Licensable” badge over the thumbnail.

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Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Accessibility is a huge asset of open content materials, which are frequently released under the Creative Commons licenses and are freely distributable. These new textbooks will be available to everybody, with or without a disability, for free, globally. Since they are open, we can get them and do the adaptations for accessibility.

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7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is important to respect copyright laws. Some images are in the public domain and some of licensed through creative commons which can be used as long as you give proper attribution. Wylio – This is a searchable archive of public domain or creative commons licensed photos that bloggers can use.

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Statement of Benetech to the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the World Intellectual Property Organization June 15, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland • Greetings from California’s Silicon Valley! Now, more than 30,000 current copyrighted books are available globally on Bookshare to thousands of users. •

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This startup wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images

TechCrunch

The AI in question is trained on “authorized” datasets containing content that Bria licenses from partners, including individual photographers and artists, as well as media companies and stock image repositories, which receive a portion of the startup’s revenue. Adato doesn’t see it that way.

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PUBG’s developer is suing Apple, Google, and the developer of lucrative PUBG lookalike Free Fire

The Verge

The games Krafton takes issue with are called Free Fire and Free Fire Max , offered by developer Garena. On both the App Store and Google Play, they show up as Garena Free Fire and Garena Free Fire Max. Both are available for free with in-app purchases. Free Fire earned $1.1 Image: Krafton.

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