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Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Konkani Wikipedia, Openness
Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — June & July 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 04, 2013 10:52 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A2K newsletter for the months of June and July, 2013.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — August 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Oct 04, 2013 10:49 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of August 2013:
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 14, 2011 — last modified Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM — filed under: IT Act, Google, Access to Knowledge, Social media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Featured, Internet Governance, Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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January 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2012 — last modified Jul 09, 2012 09:36 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of events organized by us during the month of January 2012!
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — January 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Apr 05, 2013 06:58 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
In the first issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme director, Vishnu Vardhan, provide you an update of the Access to Knowledge (September to December 2012) Report, the Indic Languages Wikipedia Statistical Report 2012 and reports of the events organised in Goa in the month of December 2012.
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[Open] Innovation and Expertise > Patent Protection & Trolls in a Broken Patent Regime (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 3): by Maggie Huang — published Dec 26, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This is the third of a four-part blog series1 highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores some of their views on the current intellectual property system.
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Government Intervention in the Marketplace: Policies for Access or Politics? (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry – Part 4): by Maggie Huang — published Dec 26, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This is the last of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores the tension between market forces and governmental intervention in providing access to mobile technology.
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Odia books now available online: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:16 AM — filed under: Openness, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Book lovers can now read Odia books online with the launching of the Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia, here on Friday.
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Article on Odia Wikipedia in Odiapua: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 01, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:38 AM — filed under: Openness, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
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