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More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia Wikisource: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 19, 2014 — last modified Nov 04, 2014 01:58 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Speakers of Odia will soon have mountains of books to read online in their mother tongue, following the launch of the Odia Wikisource, which will make accessible many rare books that have entered the public domain.
Located in Openness / Blog
CIS brings Nadustunna Charithra magazine under by CC BY SA licence: by Tanveer Hasan — published Sep 02, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:07 PM — filed under: Telugu Wikipedia, Creative Commons, Access to Knowledge, Open Access
As a part of its content donation initiative, the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has brought all issues of Nadustunna Charithra magazine under Creative Common Licence.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Patterns of Gender Aggression and Harassment in Open Tech and Open Culture Communities Online: by Rohini Lakshané — published Apr 13, 2015 — last modified Jun 01, 2015 02:13 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Report on the talk delivered by me at Adacamp held in Montreal, Canada on April 13-14, 2015.
Located in Openness / Blog
India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 10, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Free Basics, Internet Governance, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Facebook
India’s telecom regulator said Monday that service providers cannot charge discriminatory prices for Internet services, a blow to Facebook’s global effort to provide low-cost Internet to developing countries.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Apr 30, 2016 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, is what it is today because of the hundreds and thousands of volunteer editors.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
When Copyright Goes Bad: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:37 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
A part of the Access to Knowledge Project, this short film by Consumers International is available on DVD and online at A2Knetwork.org/film.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
India's 'Big Brother': The Central Monitoring System (CMS): by Maria Xynou — published Apr 08, 2013 — last modified Dec 06, 2013 09:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In this post, Maria Xynou looks at India´s Central Monitoring System (CMS) project and examines whether it can target individuals´ communications data, regardless of whether they are involved in illegal activity.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge: by Sailesh Patnaik — published Jan 17, 2018 — last modified Jan 18, 2018 01:22 AM — filed under: Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Konkani Vishwakosh Encyclopedia released under Free License: by Nitika Tandon — published Dec 08, 2013 — last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:42 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Upon Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)‘s explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public, giving them the right to share, use and even build upon the work that has already been done. This is a huge step to help preserve Konkani language and culture in the digital era.
Located in Openness / Blog
2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: by Prasad Krishna — published May 02, 2012 — last modified May 02, 2012 05:04 AM — filed under: Event Type, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
We are pleased to announce the Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion,” and will have a special focus on developments and opportunities in the so-called “BRICS” group of emerging economies. This note invites applications to attend the Congress, including proposals to chair workshops or deliver a paper or presentation related to the Congress’s theme.
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