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Seeking Survey Participants for Research on Musician Livelihood: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 16, 2016 — filed under: Music, Jobs
Are you a musician based in India? Do you compose, write lyrics, perform, record, or teach music as one of your main income sources? If so, the Center for Internet and Society is interested in hearing from you!
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Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestions: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 17, 2016 — filed under: TRAI, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
Trai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this month.
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Nirmita Narasimhan gets NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 17, 2016 — last modified Aug 18, 2016 01:26 PM — filed under: Accessibility, Award
The NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards were given away in the capital on August 14, 2016. Nirmita got the award in the "Persons with Disabilities" category.
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Universal Design Awardees: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 17, 2016 01:29 PM
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Public Panel Discussion: Digitalisation for Social Change: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2016 — filed under: Digital India, Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in a discussion co-organized by Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office in Bangalore on August 22, 2016.
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Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated team: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 04:38 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
Tulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing Tulu writers to write in Kannada. This has, however, benefited Tulu today, allowing it to boast of its own Wikipedia
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Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is needed: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
Sitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this month. Academicians from all over India had gathered at the event, to share their views about issues related to India on Wikipedia. While the talks were still in progress, Katherine Maher, executive director, Wikimedia Foun-dation, USA, paused to make an announcement.
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 20, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 03:15 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
WikiConference India and its productive hackathon
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Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2016 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Information Technology, Copyright
India puts onus of downloading and viewing pirated content on individuals.
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Samaja: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2016 03:14 PM
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