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Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
14 Aug 2016
Event
Wikipedia WikiMeetup at BangaloreBangalore based Wikipedians will gather for a meeting at the Centre for Internet and Society on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 3.00 p.m.
12 Aug 2016
News
Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu WikipediaTelugu Wikipedians created articles on Punjab in a national level contest. Telugu Wikipedians received a trophy during the closing ceremony of Wiki conference India at Chandigarh.
11 Aug 2016
Blog post
US Copyright law faces constitutional challengeIn a major international development, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit to strike down the provisions on Digital Rights Management(DRM) in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In this post, I discuss DRMs, the …
9 Aug 2016
News
Wikipedia now available in TuluIn another boost to yet another Indian language, the Wikipedia in Tulu has gone live.
9 Aug 2016
News
Wikipedia launches in Tulu, its 23rd Indic languageWikipedia has launched in Tulu, making it the 23rd Indian language Wiki, reports domain-b. The announcement was made at the Wikiconference India 2016 held in Chandigarh last weekend.
9 Aug 2016
News
India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia LaunchesA Tulu version has gone live on Wikipedia, making it the 23rd one in an Indian language to do so.
9 Aug 2016
News
India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in TuluThe Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily changing technology.
8 Aug 2016
News
ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ಬಂತು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಪಂಚ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ `ತುಳು' ಸಹ ಇದೀಗ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಎಂಟ್ರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದ 23ನೇ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಭಾಷೆಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಿದೆ.
8 Aug 2016
News
ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಮನ್ನಣೆ!ಮಂಗಳೂರು: ಇಂದಲ್ಲ ನಾಳೆ ಸಂವಿಧಾನದ ಎಂಟನೇ ಪರಿಚ್ಛೇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬ ಆಶಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವ ಕರಾವಳಿಯ ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಮನ್ನಣೆ ನೀಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುತಿಸುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ.
8 Aug 2016
Blog post
South Asia's Largest Wikimedia Conference Kicks Off in IndiaWiki Conference India 2016, the largest gathering of the contributors of Wikipedia (the multilingual online encyclopaedia) and its sister projects called Wikimedia projects, begins August 5 in Landran, in the Indian state of Punjab.
8 Aug 2016
News
In Tulu, India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Goes LiveIn a major boost to ancient Indian languages, Tulu wikipedia has finally gone live.
7 Aug 2016
News
WikiConference India 2016WikiConference India 2016 is an event to provide a common platform for all Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information. The Conference is open for …
7 Aug 2016
News
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live'Tulu Wikipedia became live on August 5, 2016. CIS-A2K took making of Tulu Wikipedia live as one of its activity in 2014. The efforts bore fruit and Tulu Wikipedia is live now.
7 Aug 2016
News
India's 23rd regional Wikipedia, in Tulu, goes liveThe Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily changing technology.
7 Aug 2016
Blog post
Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in briefKonkani-language Wikipedians on what they think of Wikipedia as a binding factor for native speakers who speak in different variations of the same language and write in different scripts.
7 Aug 2016
News
After eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes liveAround eight years after its launch and in incubation, the Tulu Wikipedia has gone live with over 1,000 articles. It can be accessed at http://tcy.wikipedia.org
5 Aug 2016
News
WikiConference India 2016 Starts Friday in ChandigarhIndia, a key growth area for Wikipedia, is gearing up for a national conference "for Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information".
5 Aug 2016
Blog post
The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks offWikimedia Conference 2016Wiki Conference India 2016 (WCI), the largest gathering of contributors to Wikipedia and its sister projects in South Asia, will be held during August 5-7 this year in Chandigarh, India.
4 Aug 2016
News
Live Webinar on Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipAnubha Sinha participated in this event organized by RCEP on July 27, 2016 in New Delhi.
2 Aug 2016
News
3rd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property Rights and StrategyShailesh J. Mehta School of Management, at IIT Bombay, through the MHRD IPR Chair, organized 3rd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy (MIPS) on July 15 and 16, 2016 at National Institute of …
31 Jul 2016
Blog post
Tools orientation for Telugu Wikimedians of HyderabadTo help Wikimedians learn about essential tools that are used across Wikimedia projects, a tools orientation session was organised during the monthly meetup on July 10 at Hyderabad.
30 Jul 2016
News
India and Regional Mega-Trade AgreementsAnubha Sinha was invited by the Observer Research Foundation for a panel discussion on "India and Regional Mega-Trade Agreements" with Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Deputy US Trade Representative and Ambassador Shyam Saran, Chairman, …
30 Jul 2016
News
Architectures of KnowledgeRohini Lakshane was a speaker at a workshop organized by Columbia's Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai.
29 Jul 2016
Blog post
USTR elaborates the Two Dozen Digital Rules of Club TPPMembers of the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are now scrounging the world to include more countries in its fold. The Digital 2 Dozen(D2D) is a bite-sized document which packs the TPP into 24 key tenets. The D2D, …
29 Jul 2016
Blog post
Letter to MPs on Concerns on Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipThe Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to Members of Parliament on July 27, 2016 to appeal to re-examine the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
16 Jul 2016
News
Workshop on Declaration on Patents Protection: Regulatory Sovereignty under TRIPSTo discuss the focus areas of the Patent Declaration with key stakeholders in India, the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru …
14 Jul 2016
Blog post
Edit-a-thon at DSERT Bengaluru to improve Science-related articles in Kannada WikipediaWe have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and training institution headquartered in Bengaluru. With the hope of expanding the reach of …
9 Jul 2016
News
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନରେ ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ ଶବ୍ଦA news article on Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary that got published in Odia-language daily Sambad on June 18.
9 Jul 2016
9 Jul 2016
Blog post
Sub$-100 Phones: Browser Compatibility TestsThis post documents the results of browser compatibility tests conducted on six out of eight specimen mobile phones being studied under the Pervasive Technologies project. These phones are Internet-enabled and cost the equivalent of USD 100 …