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Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
14 Oct 2013
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Making Wikipedia BetterIt wasn’t something that we set out to do when we started working on The Ballot, but one of the most satisfying unintentional side-effects of the project has been the chance to correct facts and figures, and remove inappropriate content …
1 Oct 2013
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Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0Goa University re-released Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open access Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access …
26 Sep 2013
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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the GlobeResearchers face two problems related to information access: making their own research more visible to researchers elsewhere and making worldwide research readily available to them. Open access (OA) can solve both of them.
25 Sep 2013
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Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization ProjectThe Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa invite you to a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh. Please send in your applications by October 5, 2013.
25 Sep 2013
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CIS Signs MoU with Goa UniversityThe Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.
20 Sep 2013
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Wikipedia reaches Classrooms in HyderabadThe Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad organised a one-day workshop on editing Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was attended by participants who formed a small but proactive group of students who eagerly tried to register …
18 Sep 2013
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WikipediansSpeak: Piotr KoniecznyWikipediansSpeak is a video interview show hosted by Subhashish Panigrahi at the Centre of Internet and Society. It brings you series of posts about Wikipedians across the globe. Wikipedians are those voluntary contributors who write …
12 Sep 2013
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Recap on Konkani Wikipedia WorkshopKonkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. …
10 Sep 2013
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ଅବସର ପରର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ଜୀବନ, ଅବସର ପରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖାଲେଖି ଜାରୀ ରଖିଥିବା ଜଣେ ଡାକ୍ତରଙ୍କ ସହ ଭାବାଲୋଚନାThis is a column about Dr. Subas Chandra Rout, a noteworthy wikipedian who started contributing to Wikipedia articles on Odia Wikipedia related to medical science after retiring as an Orthopedic Specialist-Assistant Professor of a Medical …
10 Sep 2013
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Selection of Programme Officer — Pilot Projects, CIS-A2KThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) opened applications for the post of Programme Officer, Pilot Projects for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme on 17th April 2013. The vacancy and call for applications was shared on all Indian …
31 Aug 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!There has been a rise of article contributions to the Konkani Wikipedia in a span of 4 days following a 4 day programme organized by the CIS-A2K team for M.A. students from the Konkani Department, Goa University at the Central State …
31 Aug 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. …
31 Aug 2013
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India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent PoolsIn this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author …
27 Aug 2013
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Voices from Goa: Rusita Paryekar, a MA student writes articles on Konkani WikipediaRusita Paryekar is one of the 38 students from the MA Konkani department of Goa University gathered at the State Central Library to learn writing and editing articles on Konkani Wikipedia. Currently Konkani Wikipedia is in incubation and …
27 Aug 2013
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Voices from Goa: Frania Pereira tells Why She Writes Articles on Konkani WikipediaKonkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. …
27 Aug 2013
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An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at SambalpurA training workshop for Odia Wikipedians was held in Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur on July 26 and 27, 2013. The workshop was organized by Odia Wikipedian Gorvachove Pothal, with financial support from CIS-A2K …
21 Aug 2013
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Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public DomainEach of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
19 Aug 2013
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Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong KongThe 7th, 8th and 9th of August 2013 saw over 600 Wikipedians across the world participating Wikimania at Hong Kong. The three day annual international conference for users and contributors of Wikipedia brought many debates about open …
14 Aug 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at KrishnarajapetOn Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report …
13 Aug 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in MysoreOn Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and …
8 Aug 2013
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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United …
7 Aug 2013
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Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court …
5 Aug 2013
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A Telegu Wiki Meetup @ CISTelugu Wikipedians had their monthly meetup at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore on Saturday, July 13, 2013, 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
31 Jul 2013
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Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related InventionsThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
31 Jul 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at SagaraOn Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from …
23 Jul 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at HubliOn Sunday, July 21, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Hubli by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post throws more light on the workshop.
22 Jul 2013
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The ASSOCHAM International Conference on the "Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law"An international conference on interface between intellectual property and competition law was organized by ASSOCHAM on July 12, 2013 in New Delhi. In this post, Nehaa Chaudhari shares select notes from the conference.
30 Jun 2013
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Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics (September 2012 – April 2013)The Access to Knowledge team carried out a quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias over the time period from September 2012 to April 2013.
29 Jun 2013
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India's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the BlindThis was the statement that the Government of India made at the closing of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (17-28 …
28 Jun 2013
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CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the BlindPranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access …