Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. copyright law.
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.
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The Verge
DECEMBER 21, 2020
On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images. Congress’ $2.3
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2009
Lots of excitement recently in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S. Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S.
Engadget
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Major publishers, including Politico and Vox , and their parent companies are suing the AI startup Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement, according to the Wall Street Journal. The suit also wants to reduce the access that Cohere has to copyrighted works. Thats theft. The New York Times has also had beef with Perplexity.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 12, 2014
HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.
Byte Technology
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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