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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS (THIRD) RTI REQUEST - 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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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS RTI - IMPROPER PAYMENT - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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Disability Exceptions in Copyright Legislations: by Rishika — published Jan 12, 2015 — filed under: Copyright, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
In the year 2006, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) conducted a study on different national approaches to copyright exception for persons with disabilities. Over 60 countries have an exception in their Copyright laws permitting conversion of works into accessible formats for the benefit of persons who cannot read print. The scope of the exception varies, in terms of the beneficiaries covered, formats permitted, restrictions on who can convert, etc.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Discussion on Creation of Social Media Guidelines & Strategy for Telugu Wikimedia: by Manasa Rao — published Oct 24, 2017 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
Between 1 to 16 September, an online discussion took place on the creation of social media guidelines and strategy for Telugu Wikimedia handles online.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Aug 07, 2013 — last modified Aug 07, 2013 07:32 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Doctors and Translators Are Working Together to Bridge Wikipedia's Medical Language Gap: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 28, 2014 — last modified Aug 04, 2014 03:29 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
I interviewed Wikimedian User:CFCF who is managing the entire project to understand how it is going to work and wrote on Global Voices' Rising Voices about it.
Located in Openness / Blog
Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day Workshop: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 12, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness, Event
On November 14, the CIS-A2K team is organizing a one day orientation workshop on 'Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution' at the Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS), Bhubaneswar from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Located in Openness / Events
Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 08, 2011 — last modified Jun 01, 2012 03:01 PM — filed under: Intermediary Liability, Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This is a speech made by Pranesh Prakash at an side-event co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Society on intermediary liability, to coincide with the release of Prof. Lillian Edwards's WIPO-commissioned report on 'Role and Responsibility of the Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright'.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Dot Bharat domain to roll out on August 21: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 07:08 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
Web addresses are set to get multilingual in India. Soon you will be able to type in addresses in a web browser in the Devnagri script – with “dot bharat” standing in for the currently common “dot in” domain to begin with. The roll-out of the same begins on August 21.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Dr. Pavanaja Featured in Vijayavani: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 26, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:49 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Kannada Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was invited to the office of Vijayavani, Kannada daily. Vijayavani runs a programme in which a celebrity will be invited to their office and have informal discussions with them. Later a lead article based on that discussions will be generated. The article which featured Dr. Pavanaja was published on November 16, 2015.
Located in Openness / News & Media

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