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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 …
12 Aug 2013
News
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijaya Vani)Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
12 Aug 2013
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Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka)Suvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
12 Aug 2013
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Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani)Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
10 Aug 2013
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Wikimedia Asia MeetingT.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
8 Aug 2013
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India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s GrowthDespite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the …
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 …
7 Aug 2013
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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of OpennessIt is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of …
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.
2 Aug 2013
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Stress on posting articles on Kannada WikipediaA workshop to be held on CPDPS premises on August 6.
1 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular LanguagesThe blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.
1 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia boom in vernacular languagesThe number of Wikipedia entries in vernacular languages has grown substantially in the last eight months
1 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languagesA vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society …
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 …
30 Jul 2013
News
Konkani Wikipedia next?A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.
29 Jul 2013
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ଓଡିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର କର୍ମଶାଳା ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି ବୀର ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାଏ ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ବୁର୍ଲାରେOdishan.com covered the Wikipedia event organized at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla on July 26 and 27, 2013.
29 Jul 2013
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Odia Wikipedia Workshop at VSSUT, Burla (Coverage in the Sambad)An Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla. The Sambad (Sambalpur edition) covered the event.
28 Jul 2013
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ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ମେଳଣ/ବୁର୍ଲା (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର)There was a news coverage on The Sambad, Sambalpur edition about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla.
26 Jul 2013
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Whats & Hows of WikiThe Kings School students of class 10 were blessed to have Nitika Tandon & Subhashish Panigrahi of Wikipedia Foundation to conduct a workshop on the whats & hows of Wiki, creating & editing Wiki pages, etc. Our students also got a hands on …
24 Jul 2013
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Free SoftwareTo spread awareness on free software and its philosophy, Free Software Movement of Karnataka (FSMK) in partnership with Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, organized a 9-days workshop between July 20 and 28 at the Institute campus …
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.
15 Jul 2013
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An Interview of Vera FranzThis interview was conducted at the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities on June 26, 2013.
1 Jul 2013
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WIPO reaches agreement on treaty for blindOfficials at the World Intellectual Property Organisation have reached an agreement to provide wider access to books for the visually impaired in different countries, a long-pending demand of the World Blind Union and activist groups.
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.
30 Jun 2013
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‘Miracle at Marrakesh’ to help visually impaired readThe treaty will make access to books for the visually impaired, blind and print disabled easier.
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 …