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Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
27 Sep 2013
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Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on WikipediaThe Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – …
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 relaunch tomorrowThe Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societies Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) will relaunch its four-volume 3,632-page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. to …
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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Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26The Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Societie's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) is re-releasing its four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia).
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.
23 Sep 2013
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Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the InternetT.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013.
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 …
17 Sep 2013
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'Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation'The functioning of the free online encyclopedia, ‘Wikipedia,’ is like a true democracy. It is for the people and by the people, said The Centre for Internet and Society Programme Officer (Indian Languages) Pavanaja U B.
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. …
12 Sep 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius CollegeSt. Aloysius College is organizing a Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore on September 13, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from the CIS-A2K team will participate in the event.
12 Sep 2013
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at SDMThe Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, SDM College, Ujire is holding a wiki workshop on September 15, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from CIS-A2K team is participating in this workshop.
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 …
6 Sep 2013
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The Law and Economics of Copyright Users RightsProgram on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law is organizing a conference on law and economics of copyright users at Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC, on September 26, 2013. …
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 …
29 Aug 2013
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వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టుT.Vishnu participated in the Telugu meet-up held in Hyderabad on August 25, 2013, via Skype.
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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Dictionary words in software patent guidelines puzzle industryTerms not defined in draft guidelines on patents for computer-related inventions leaves room for misinterpretation
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 …
26 Aug 2013
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Wikimania 2013: The International Wikimedia ConferenceWikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement. It's organized by a different local team each year. In 2013 the conference took place in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wikimania allows the community and …
24 Aug 2013
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Workshop on e-Content DevelopmentT. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.
24 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia writes a new scriptWikipedia is available in over 30 Indian languages. Add Konkani to that list. The Centre for Internet and Society has just completed a programme of training students to write for Konkani Wikipedia.
24 Aug 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia makes headwayThe first floor of the Krishnadas Central Library has been bustling with activity for the last four days. A closer look reveals the concentration, thought and precision that is put into each letter of the Devnagri script Konkani they type. …
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 …