Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Benetech has some of the juiciest and most exciting range of legal challenges I can imagine: the great majority of our legal work concerns intellectual property and human rights. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

The system, which is designed to navigate the complexities of copyright claims while also fairly compensating artists, offers an alternative to existing free music platforms, including YouTube’s own Audio Library and Creative Commons’ legal music for videos, for example. . That led to deciding to build Uppbeat,” he says.

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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. Most of the time, that works great, and we end up making a new friend after they dig a little and find out that we are closer to Florence Nightingale than the Dread Pirate Roberts. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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The Next Web

MARCH 30, 2013

He’s previously worked for a variety of startups, as well as larger organisations such as Volvo, the BBC, and Google. . Aside from potentially producing poor work, the wrong person shaping your code can do untold damage to your product and the development culture of a team. The right one can suddenly make everything work.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

from Haiti, knew firsthand the struggles that come with part-time work from his days as a student at Stonybrook University. While there bouncing from job to job, Févry would feel the sting associated with hidden fees, unkept promises and variability of part-time labor. where he set to work building Stoovo.

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The Verge

JULY 25, 2021

It just depends how well the game’s art style works with the AI algorithms bringing it back to life. A lower quality “aliased and moire” setting does a more faithful job at the expense of clarity. If you’re a big video game industry executive, would you perhaps consider not firing ze copyright missiles? Or perhaps even better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do to get my novels out in the world, and have been greatly influenced by Cory Doctorow in terms of copyright (or, more accurately, copyleft ). After you create your files, you’ll want to look at them, to see if they worked well. MobiPocket. PDF is easy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

I’m excited to share highlights from our work and its significance for the multitudes we serve. Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

More layoffs : LinkedIn is phasing out its China jobs app and with it goes 716 jobs, Catherine reports. How do you copyright that? Generative AI and copyright law: What’s the future for IP? The company attributed the app’s demise to “fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate.” Appealing, isn’t it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Some of the topics addressed: When does an employee's personal blog become "work-related"? I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. These are NOT legal, but operational in terms of personal use. Be respectful.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2021

Recording advertisements and product endorsements can be lucrative work for celebrities and influencers. But is it too much like hard work? Whoever has the copyright to those voices, we will work with them to bring them to the marketplace,” he says. Veritone’s Marvel.AI Image: Veritone. And this is much less certain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

These technologies are increasingly becoming part of our daily lives and will continue to have significant impact on our work and lives. But, there are also concerns that need to be considered now, including ethical issues and loss of jobs to robots. More about that scary scenario here ). Is your nonprofit using bots to do staff tasks?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

I’ve been working in libraries for nine years. Over that time, I’ve seen a lot of different libraries, from both the back room, where I normally work in technical services, and the front in public services. It’s like every library I’ve ever worked in, as it should be. at its core. Bookshare is also picking up steam in India.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2024

Why AI is worth paying attention to It will soon be impossible to do your job without it. Most likely 80% of the work people do in business today will be AI-assisted, at least in part, within the next two years. To grasp how this works, understand all AI models have vision capability. Let’s say you do 20 things/month.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Moderation will need to happen across these companies to be effective, and in this current moment, that effort doesn’t work the way it does at tech monoliths like Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube, which can remove someone with a push of a button.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

AI tools are already being used by many organizations to brainstorm ideas, find efficiencies, and explore new ways of working. The good news is that many tools are incredibly user-friendly, and experimentation can be one of the best ways to learn what works for you. And is it so good that it will put me out of a job?)

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The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The portrait images misspelled several names — including EFF speech activist Jillian York and OpenPGP creator Jon Callas — and based at least one drawing on a copyright-protected photograph. OpenSea involvement would make the job easy at this stage.”. OpenSea did not respond to a request for comment.). “We

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. report on whether a nonprofit is doing a good job at what it does. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

But companies including OpenAI , Midjourney and Stability AI are currently embroiled in lawsuits over their generative AI technologies, which some accuse of replicating the works of artists without fairly compensating them. “a sketch of a bird perched on a windowsill”) as they work their way through web-scraped training data.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Work with the Public Affairs team to identify, develop, and execute communication tactics via the organization’s website, including video streaming, blogging, RSS feeds, subscription systems, social networking media, and other forms of electronic communication and convening. Kellogg Foundation The W.K. This is a newly created position.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Online sales gave Gee’s Bend quilters control over their work Quilts made by generations of women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have hung in the Met, the Whitney, and the Smithsonian Museum of Art. At least, this is how it worked before February of 2021. We put a lot of work into it, and it’s about our life,” Charley says of quilting.

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Towards Data Science

APRIL 6, 2023

Create Python or Spark processing jobs using the visual interface, code editor, or Jupyter notebooks. Run the jobs on-demand and pay only for the execution time. Airflow should then trigger a Glue Job that will read these texts, extract the questions, and save the results in CSV to S3. S3 is AWS’ blob storage.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

After listening to others pitch me a few different job opportunities while still at Google in 2008, it became clear to me that I would make a better decision if I could fully explore the larger landscape of new companies emerging in Silicon Valley. With all this work in place, I finally jumped. More posts by this contributor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I like to build things and take things apart to see how they work. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? Why should nonprofit organizations pay attention to copyright or your organization's goals? They see copyright law as a way to control the way their message is distributed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Powered by OpenSecrets.org , nonprofits that work on issues related to corporate accountability and democracy could use this app as part of their mobile strategy to build awareness about campaign finance reform. It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. Re.vu :: re.vu. Profile at: re.vu/heathermansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

If your nonprofit has staff located in multiple locations or a remote staff that works from home, this powerful, highly-functioning new version of Skype is a must. If you are looking for a new job or want to build or enhance your personal brand online, Re.vu SimpleBooklet :: simplebooklet.com. Re.vu :: re.vu. Retwact :: rtrt.co.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Stick with what works. An economic downturn does not justify throwing out what has worked in the past. Even if that’s all the information we integrate into our appeals, surely that’s got to do a better job of securing additional support than a crude “Dear Donor” letter or email! Copyright © 2009 by Mal Warwick.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

“Say I post a picture of a factory that was here, and they say, ‘you know, my mom worked there, and I have X, Y and Z from that factory,'” Marks says. “It’s a full-time job, just keeping the group civil, and keeping the group on track as to what our focus is.”

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2021

No matter what you do during your waking hours — work at home or outside of it; commute in a car, a train, or by walking from your bedroom to your living room; or spend your days watching the kids or job hunting — you’re probably spending at least some of that time listening to music. It works both in-browser and via app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

My first job in nonprofit and technology was as community manager for an online network of artists called ArtsWire in 1993 before the Web. The community principles as set for by the founder, artist Anne Focke, took their inspiration from the work of Lewis Hyde. second enclosure???--the s about the money. The Ecstasy of Influence,???

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

But if you’re like me, you constantly find ways to maximize your productivity to get the job done. Work smarter, not harder. Avoid Copyright Infringement. In Google, you also have the option to filter out copyrighted images under the tools section. Video Recording: Most mobile devices work well.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

AJ says Carrd slowly monopolized his life until it became his full-time job. “I I didn’t set out for it to be a business to pay for my house or pay other people to work on it or anything; it was just literally a side hustle, but then apparently there’s a market for this type of thing, and then it just takes off from there,” AJ says.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

Unrealistic expectations; Chair doesnt know CEO job. As Chairs have learned about the CEO job, they have prioritized more time for Chair service. However, the remainder indicated some sobering realities with statements (paraphrased) such as: Chair lacks vision. Inconsistent, if any, support. Organization not a top priority for Chair.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

In my role as Communications Director, it is in my job description to promote our work and grow our network while building our brand, so I didnt ask permission to start tweeting and I didnt have to prove to my ED or Board the value in terms of results or ROI. I knew that I had to contribute to make it work, but unsure what made sense.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A space to feel good working in When you have a tendency to collect stuff, it’s difficult to create a detritus-free space in which to work. It’s even harder when you have to do it on the fly because you’re suddenly working at home rather than in an office. Work tools include tech and a notebook. Is this new?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Requirements not only include courses towards their degree program, but also 30 additional hours of coursework and 200 Career Field Exploration (CFE) hours — designed to assist students in "trying out" different nonprofit organizations and the jobs within them before they make any decisions about full-time employment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. A reference to gadget in the Delta Airlines Logo.

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