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Copyright Madness: by Lawrence Liang and Achal Prabhala — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 30, 2012 03:46 AM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Prompted by courts and piracy-fearing businesses, Indian ISPs have taken down popular, legitimate websites. This Op-ed by Lawrence Liang and Achal Prabhala was published in the Indian Express on May 22, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Copyrights Amendment Bill to Be Tabled in Indian Parliament – Parallel Import provisions have Been Removed: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 14, 2011 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This week, the Indian government’s Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) will debate the Copyright Amendments Act.
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Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 21, 2013 — last modified Sep 06, 2013 04:56 AM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
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Countering US pressures on India’s IP regime: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 16, 2014 — last modified Dec 07, 2014 12:20 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Anubha Sinha attended a meeting organized by Lawyer's Collective on "Countering US pressures on India’s IP regime" on November 16, 2014.
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Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India: by Anubha Sinha — published Jul 14, 2017 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
On 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally came to an end when the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization (IRRO) challenging an earlier judgment of Delhi High Court that ruled course packs in India legal for educational purposes.
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Creating Free Software Environment at Andhra Loyola College: by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published Dec 13, 2014 — last modified May 27, 2015 12:54 AM — filed under: Openness, Telugu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Andhra Loyola college has signed an MoU with CIS-A2K and as part of it CIS-A2K team has provided a free and open software environment at Andhra Lyola College's Computer Center. Thirty machines have been installed with free software Operating system and some useful applications such as GIMP, Inkscape, firefox, libreoffice, etc.
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Creative Commons comes to India: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Jul 17, 2013 06:49 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Openness
Creative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to join hands with Creative Commons for research and community building.
Located in Openness / Blog
Cultural institution AKA GLAM for more OER: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 27, 2016 — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
My submission titled "Cultural institution AKA GLAM for more OER" under the theme of "Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage collections for education" has been selected for the OER16 conference to be held in Edinburg, Scotland from 19 to 20 April 2016.
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Cultural institution AKA GLAM for more OER: by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2016 — last modified Jun 09, 2016 12:51 PM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
The OER conference was held in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 19 and 20, 2016. Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk at the event organised by the University of Edinburg.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Cultural Interests vs. Modernization: Robert Shapiro on IPR & Innovation in India: by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 03, 2014 10:54 AM — filed under: Economics, Patents, Access to Knowledge
Last Friday March 28, 2014, prominent economist and chairman of Sonecon, llc, Dr. Robert Shapiro, lead a discussion on the roles of IPR and FDI in innovation. Within his research findings, Shapiro argues for India to adopt a stricter IP regime in order to attract higher rates of FDI in pharmaceuticals and other industries, and in turn, to spur a more successful economy.
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