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A Wikipedia Editing Workshop in Goa: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet & Society is organizing a wikipedia editing workshop on March 8, 2013 at Nirmala Institute of Education, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., followed by an offline and online editathon.
Located in Openness / Events
Wikipedia at Avenir: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 11, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A 4 hours Wikipedia event at Avenir, 2013 is being held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th March 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
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February 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2013 — last modified Mar 11, 2013 05:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a great year ahead and welcomes you to the second issue of its newsletter for the year 2013. In this issue we bring you an overview of our research programs, updates of events organised by us, events we participated in, news and media coverage, and videos of some of our recent events.
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Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 13, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013 was held on March 8, 2013 at Servelots Infotech, Jayanagar in Bangalore. It was organized by Wikimedia India. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event. The news was covered by Kannada Prabha on March 9, 2013.
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Wikipedia Workshop for Kannada Science Writers: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 14, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with Wikimedia Chapter India and KRVP, Bangalore, is organizing a workshop for Kannada science writers at Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath Conference Hall in Banashankari, Bangalore on March 17, 2013. The one day workshop shall begin at 10 a.m. in the morning and will conclude at 5.00 p.m. in the evening. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja will be participating in the event.
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Comparative Transparency Review of Collective Management Organisations in India, United Kingdom and the United States: by Maggie Huang — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Aug 21, 2015 05:12 PM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This Transparency Review seeks to compare the publicly available information on the websites of music collective management organizations (“CMOs”) operating within India, the United States, and the United Kingdom. A total of 10 CMOs were selected, which included a range of non-profit, government registered organizations to for-profit, private organizations, managing works on behalf of record labels, publishers, composers, lyricists, and music performers. This exercise intends to contribute to the growing body of research on the relationship between transparency and effectiveness of CMOs. It concludes with recommendations and learnings which may lead to more transparent and effective functioning of copyright societies in India, and management of music copyright overall.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Letter questions the propriety of CCI’s participation in ASSOCHAM conference: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Serious concerns relating to conflict of interest have been raised against participation of CCI at the ASSOCHAM IP conference to be held soon.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
July 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Nov 21, 2015 04:23 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of July is below:
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Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—Plus Machine Learning Tools: by Admin — published Jan 22, 2019 — last modified Feb 02, 2019 12:52 PM — filed under: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Marathi Wikipedia Workshop & 1lib1ref session at Goa University: by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 01, 2019 — last modified Mar 01, 2019 12:35 AM — filed under: Marathi Wikipedia, CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge
Marathi language department of Goa University has initiated the process to document the culture of Goa on Marathi Wikipedia and Commons.
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