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CIS Hosts Scanned Version of George Orwell’s Books vs. Cigarettes: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 01, 2011 — last modified Dec 01, 2011 01:31 PM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Verbindingen/Jonctions (V/J), the bi-annual multidisciplinary festival organised by Constant is taking place on December 1, 2011. Amateur scanning of books often raises a lot of questions, around the issue of copyright. For this V/J13 is scanning George Orwell’s Books vs. Cigarettes. The essay is in public domain in Russia, India and South Africa, but not in Europe and America due to copyright issues. CIS is hosting the scanned pages of the essay in public domain.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 01, 2011 — filed under: Development, Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash intervened during the discussion of future work of the ACE with this comment.
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CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 25, 2013 — last modified Apr 25, 2013 11:57 AM — filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The informal session and special session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was organised by WIPO in Geneva from April 18 to April 20, 2013. Pranesh Prakash participated in the session and spoke about the rights of the visually impaired. An abridged version of this was read out during the meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 22:15 due to time restrictions.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
CIS Participated in T20 Mumbai, Regional Consultation Meeting, October 19, 2015: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 19, 2015 — last modified Oct 20, 2015 01:54 PM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
This is the first time that a T20 event, which is a series of preparatory meetings towards G20 summits, is taking place in India. Sumandro Chattapadhyay represented CIS in this consultation, and was a discussant in the session on Technology, Services, and Skills.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 1 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, Patents
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CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 2 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
CIS RTI REQUEST TO DIPP - NUMBER 3 - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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CIS Signs MoU with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College: by U.B.Pavanaja — published May 27, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College on April 21, 2014. On behalf of CIS, Dr. U.B.Pavanaja signed the MoU.
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CIS Signs MoU with Christ University, Bangalore: by T. Vishnu Vardhan — published Nov 20, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Christ University in Bangalore. As part of this MoU Christ University and CIS-A2K will work together to introduce "Wikipedia in the Indian Undergraduate Language Classroom" at Christ University.
Located in Openness / Blog
CIS Signs MoU with Goa University: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 25, 2013 — last modified Sep 25, 2013 10:57 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Goa University.
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