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Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
17 Nov 2013
Blog post
Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani languageCIS-A2K team interviewed Priyadarshini Tadkodkar about Konkani language. She speaks how editing/contributing to Konkani Wikipedia would help students.
16 Nov 2013
News
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ. ಅದರ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತ ಒಂದು ಆಚರಣೆCoverage of the ten years of celebrations in Kannada Wikipedia on Avadhi website.
16 Nov 2013
Event
Wikipedia Orientation Programme for the Second Language Students of Christ UniversityThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team will organize an Orientation Workshop entitled on Wikipedia for the undergraduate language students of the Christ University, Bangalore on November 16, 2013.
15 Nov 2013
News
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Udayavani CoverageUdayavani, on November 15, 2013 published about the upcoming tenth anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia.
15 Nov 2013
News
10th anniversary of Kannada wikipediaKannada wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
News
Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia: Vijayavani CoverageVijayavani published a report of the forthcoming tenth anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia on November 17.
14 Nov 2013
News
Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic LanguagesNational Translation Mission is preparing a Machine Translation System (MTS) to instantly translate texts from vernacular Indian languages to English, reports New Indian Express.
13 Nov 2013
Blog post
Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SAUpon CIS-A2K's explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public and giving them the right to share, use and even build …
13 Nov 2013
Blog post
History of Creative Commons in IndiaThis blog-post discusses the potential for Creative Commons in India, in light of imminent Creative Commons Re-launch, by highlighting the history of works licensed under Creative Commons in the country.
9 Nov 2013
News
Wikimedia Diversity ConferenceT.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the conference organized by the German Wikipedia community in Berlin (GLS Campus) on November 9 and 10, 2013. He presented on So Many Languages- Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Movement in …
2 Nov 2013
News
Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth AnniversaryDr. U.B. Pavanaja was on RadioCity to talk about Kannada Wikipedia and its tenth anniversary. The programme was aired on November 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
28 Oct 2013
Blog post
Feedback on the Framework on OSS Adoption in E-Governance SystemsCIS gave its feedback to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on the Framework on Open Source Software Adoption in E-Governance Systems on October 26, 2013.
25 Oct 2013
News
Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile PhonesWikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
25 Oct 2013
Blog post
The Fight for Digital SovereigntyIt is time to incorporate free software principles to address the issue of privacy. Thanks to the revelations of Edward Snowden, a former contractor to the United States (US) National Security Agency (NSA) who leaked secrets about the …
24 Oct 2013
News
Re-sourcing Indian Cinema: Humanities Research, New Archives and Collaborative Knowledge ProductionThe Centre for Contemporary Studies and the Centre for Study of Culture and Society invites you to a symposium on "Re-sourcing Indian Cinema" and a launch of a book titled "Politics as Performance: A Social History of the Telugu Cinema" by …
24 Oct 2013
Blog post
Ambiguity in the App Store: Understanding India’s emerging IT sector in light of IPMobile applications hold immense potential for India but are not fully understood by even their own developers in the context of India’s intellectual property (IP) regime. This is the first in a series of blog posts introducing CIS's new …
23 Oct 2013
News
कोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वरNews about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.
23 Oct 2013
Blog post
Mobile Phone Patents: Prior Art SurveyIn this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari discusses a study on a portion of the patent landscape around mobile phone patents, commissioned by CIS earlier this year. This prior art search was undertaken by Rohan George of Samvad Partners, who …
22 Oct 2013
News
OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open DataNehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. She gave a presentation on "Government Copyright and the Open Access Conundrum"
21 Oct 2013
News
FOSS: Smart Choice for Developing CountriesThis workshop is being organised by TechNation and Open Source Alliance of Central Asia on October 23. Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist and will speak on FOSS and IT Growth Policies in South Asia.
14 Oct 2013
Blog post
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 …
10 Oct 2013
News
2nd International Conference on Managing Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy (MIPS 2014)Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay through the support of the Ministry of Human Resources Development IPR Chair Project, Government of India, is hosting the 2nd International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property …
1 Oct 2013
Blog post
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 …
1 Oct 2013
News
Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conferenceJagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.
30 Sep 2013
News
Odisha: Wikipedia workshop at IIMC, DhenkanalWikipedia workshop was held at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, on Monday. The workshop was inaugurated by Head of IIMC, Dhenkanal, Dr Mrinal Chatterjee.
30 Sep 2013
News
Konkani Wikipedia in the makingProcess of uploading the four volumes of Konkani encyclopaedia will be completed in six months’ time.
30 Sep 2013
News
Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 monthsThick heaps of the four volumes of Konkani language ‘vishwakosh’ or encyclopedia , till now available only in hard copy, will now attain a modern access.
30 Sep 2013
News
Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani WikipediaThe Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.
30 Sep 2013
News
For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official languageWith many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
27 Sep 2013
News
Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 monthsPiles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.