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Blog Entry 3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 31, 2016 — last modified Oct 07, 2016 12:42 AM — filed under: , ,
Copyright is a really complicated topic, and when it comes to online use of creative works, accidentally crossing the line between fair use and a copyright violation is easy. How do you know what is copyrighted? Recently Frederico Morando (Creative Commons, Italy) and I presented a training session on understanding copyright policies at Wikimania 2016, which was originally proposed by Wikipedian User:Jim Carter. We covered topics such as fundamentals of copyright, exclusive rights, Berne convention, copyleft, Creative Commons licenses, Public Domain, fair use, and copyfraud.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Indians Ask: Is Visiting a Torrent Site Really A Crime?
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 06, 2016 — filed under: ,
India has banned various large-scale torrent sites for a long time — this is old news. But under a new federal policy in India, one can be jailed for three years and fined 300,000 Indian Rupees (~US $4464) for downloading content on any of these blocked websites.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:19 AM — filed under: , ,
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow i.e., 25th October, 2015.
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Blog Entry A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jan 22, 2013 03:09 AM — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team organized a Wikipedia workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), Ghaziabad in collaboration with Metawings on January 17, 2013. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the happenings from the one-day workshop in this blog post.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry 8 Challenges for Improving Indian Language Wikipedias
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 29, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:05 PM — filed under: , , ,
After more than 10 years in existence, the Indian-language Wikipedias still are not known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia became the largest encyclopedia in history as a result of thousands of volunteer editors.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Image New Wikipedians trying their hand on editing Odia Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 01, 2012 10:10 AM
Here is a picture of new Wikipedians editing Odia Wikipedia for the first time.
Image New Wikipedians trying their hand on editing Odia Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 01, 2012 10:12 AM
Here is a picture of new Wikipedians editing Odia Wikipedia for the first time.
Blog Entry ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Dec 30, 2015 — last modified Jan 05, 2016 06:30 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Odia newspaper Sambad carried this featured column of mine yesterday in their Sunday supplement "Sambada Rabibara" on December 6, 2015.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry 30 Books of Odia Author and Historian Jagannath Prasad Das to Come Online on Odia Wikisource
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Dec 04, 2015 — last modified Jan 03, 2016 11:19 AM — filed under: , , ,
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Blog Entry Eight Challenges That Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 29, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:05 PM — filed under: , , ,
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, being the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, it what it is today because of the hundreds and thousands of volunteer-editors. But while native-language Wikipedias are becoming game-changers in other corners of the world, the scenario in India is skewed. In my experience, here are a number of challenges that Indian-language Wikipedias are currently facing.
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