TechSpot

JANUARY 3, 2023

On that day, thousands of books, movies, and musical compositions entered the public domain after their extended stay in the copyright realm. On January 1, 2023, the world of creative arts went back in time. all the way to the year 1927. Many classics can be now be freely shared.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

After Johnson refused, Proctorio filed a copyright takedown notice, and three of the tweets were removed. Copyright holders should be held liable when they falsely accuse their critics of copyright infringement, especially when the goal is plainly to intimidate and undermine them,” said EFF Staff Attorney Cara Gagliano in a statement.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Technology in the Arts recently released an excellent report on copyright law. The report is intended primarily for arts and performance organizations, but it has a lot of material that's useful to anyone who works with online media, including great summaries of what is and isn't covered under public domain and fair use.

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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. More importantly, there’s nothing in the text of the bill that suggests platforms’ moderation of everyday copyright violations would need to change.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate and the creators of Netflix movie Enola Holmes have agreed to dismiss a copyright lawsuit over Sherlock Holmes’ emotions. Copyright Lately reported on the outcome today, noting that the court didn’t rule on the merits of the case, possibly indicating that the parties settled.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. And, if a copyright holder doubts that your organization meets the requirement in making an accessible copy, they are welcome to file a legal complaint of copyright infringement and make the case. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. And, the U.S. And, the U.S.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Amazon received a “blistering” letter last Thursday about copyright infringement and Twitch’s nonexistent licensing deals with major music rights holders, Variety reports. The document accuses Twitch of allowing streamers to play copyrighted music without getting the proper licensing to do so. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

with a legally qualifying print disability per the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act. public school population) who could benefit from accessible books but currently go without them or get them at great cost in both time and funds to schools and educators. There are some 7.5 million students (15% of the U.S.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It’s a timely publication, too: Arts marketers work with rapidly changing technologies on a daily basis. Tags: Arts organizations copyright Marketing nonprofit non-profit Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech promotion publicity social media Video Videos. read more ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! copyright exception. After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world.

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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. In a statement to The Verge , director Jeff Gibbs denied any copyright violation in his film, which garnered more than 8 million views on YouTube. Photo: Planet of the Humans.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Nonprofits often create content for awareness, fundraising, or educational purposes, and understanding copyright principles is essential. Register Now The post Blue Avocado Presents: Copyright Concerns for Nonprofits – Live Q&A appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project , setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the internet’s longest-running ebook archives. It’s a long-standing complaint from publishers and authors’ groups.

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2021

Publishers are unhappy about their content being distributed for free and argue that the site infringes on their copyright. The court rejected the publishers’ requests that the sites be blocked immediately, instead declaring it an “issue of public importance” and allowing time for the scientific community to weigh in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The third movement is the effort to make copyright exceptions a global norm , thus enabling easy import and export of accessible materials. True equality of access means the ability to buy ebooks like the general public and to be assured that assistive technology will work with those ebooks. thanks to our domestic copyright exception.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment. Why have public decision-making? These approaches usually lock out people with disabilities. The secret nature of the negotiations is disturbing.

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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. Bookshare services are freely available to any school in the U.S.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2022

The whole scheme might help illustrate why art can’t be reduced to a neat series of copyright licenses — rather than simply showing that “crypto bros aren’t sure how rights work.”. Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) 2. Buying Dune’s script doesn’t give you the copyright — but it earns you lots of publicity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

I'll be speaking out more on copyright issues in the coming months. A recent article mentions why Benetech is concerned about orphan works: obscure works are hard to find the copyright owner, and it costs to much to hassle with. Orphan works article in the San Francisco Bay Guardian News.

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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.

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InfoWorld

MARCH 12, 2024

The public issue is that Microsoft software engineering lead Shane Jones sent letters to FTC chair Lina Khan and Microsoft’s board of directors on March 6 saying that Microsoft’s AI image generator created violent and sexual images and used copyrighted images when given specific prompts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The Commission has one year to do research, hold public hearings and make recommendations to Congress on what should be done to make higher education materials more accessible to students with disabilities. Opportunity to higher education is a crucial need for all students, and especially students with disabilities.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are being sued in a class action lawsuit that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot to regurgitate sections of licensed code without providing credit. It’s unclear whether Ghostwriter, too, was trained on licensed or copyrighted code. That includes insecure code.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The elephant in the room is the aforementioned Copilot, which was trained on public code to suggest additional lines of code in response to a description of what a developer wants to accomplish — or even explain what a portion of code does. The company argues that fair use — the doctrine in U.S. But not everyone agrees.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

A number of lawsuits were filed against Epic over claims the company infringed on some variety of either likeness or copyright by using the dances without permission, and some remain ongoing. pic.twitter.com/EeXtdcxubh — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 18, 2020. And now Harmon will be forever immortalized in the world of Fortnite.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 25, 2007

Plus, they are encouraging other people to use their materials: In the spirit of partnership, MicroCredit Enterprises offers this Primer and Toolkit into the public domain for informational purposes.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

There were also rumors of the company planning to go public during our interviews for this EC-1, but they stopped speaking to us in March, and now we know why: Expensify confidentially filed to go public on May 3. million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

In the past six years since we started researching AI and nonprofits, we’ve seen the technology evolve and the price come down In the last few months, this new generation of “creator tools” such as GPTChat (text/writing) and Dalle-E for images have been available more broadly for public review and testing. And never should).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

She had been working in public health in Africa before heading to Stanford. This is unlike Bookshare, which is for the 1-2% of the population who qualifies for the copyright exemption. After all, that's the whole point of universal design ! I ran into a Stanford MBA student at TED, Joy Sun.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2021

I’m not surprised that my public repositories are a part of the training data for Copilot”. I’m not surprised that my public repositories are a part of the training data for Copilot,” Celis told The Verge , adding that he was amused by the algorithm reciting his name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

We rely on the open Internet to carry out our mission, and on social media and citizen media websites that allow for simple publication and sharing of content. Current copyright laws are occasionally misused in the U.S, Our content is free to use, and free to share. and can result in de facto speech restrictions.

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2022

Additionally, the Ripple project at Github is filled with references to Google, including several instances of “Copyright 2021 Google LLC,” and contributors have to sign a Google open source license agreement to participate. Google has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. Standard Radar API” appears to be the original name.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In addition, authorities said, Streit, also known as Joshua Brody, tried to extort the $150,000 from MLB, threatening to publicize the vulnerabilities on its site that he claimed to have exploited.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Bookshare is allowed to serve only students with a legally qualifying print disability per the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act. Through the LIT project, we’re adding many new innovations to the groundwork laid by the B4E project, with a focus on three core areas: content, tools, and utilization. In the U.S.,

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Alongside it, Twitter has also detailed a campaign it discovered in Tanzania, which used copyright complaints to harass members and supporters of the FichuaTanzania human rights group. 2/ A pro-Tanzanian government network adversarially leveraged copyright reporting to harass activists. The scheme was fascinating.

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