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WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1: by Sailesh Patnaik — published Feb 27, 2017 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
The Odia Wikipedia’s WikiTungi is an attempt at building a community of Wikimedians at the city level.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka: by Ting-Yi Chang — published Sep 01, 2016 — last modified Sep 01, 2016 02:39 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Gender, Konkani Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Event
Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and contributing more Indic language content online.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Will domain dot भारत spur the growth of Indian languages on the internet?: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 29, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 05:50 AM — filed under: Wikipedia, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
Modi's effort to promote the use of Hindi and e-governance has given hope to those who want to see more vernacular content online, but many challenges have to be overcome.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Will the Copyright Law Help the Starving Artist?: by Prasad Krishna — published May 29, 2012 — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
By law, producers are no longer allowed to keep all the royalties to songs, lyrics or other works of arts. Now, these rights will have to be shared with the artist who created them.
Located in News & Media
WIPO Broadcast Treaty- SCCR 26 : Proposals Introduced: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 17, 2013 — last modified Dec 30, 2013 03:48 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
India and the United States introduced proposals for discussion at the ongoing session of the SCCR.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
WIPO Delegates Hear Concerns of NGOs on Exceptions for Libraries: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 19, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:40 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
As World Intellectual Property Organization member states launched into discussions on exceptions and limitations to copyright for the benefit of libraries and archives this week, non-governmental organisations were given the opportunity to present their views on the issue. They delivered vibrant, sometimes contradictory, statements on the opportunity for a treaty to preserve exceptions in the international copyright system.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
WIPO reaches agreement on treaty for blind: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Officials at the World Intellectual Property Organisation have reached an agreement to provide wider access to books for the visually impaired in different countries, a long-pending demand of the World Blind Union and activist groups.
Located in News & Media
WIPO Regional Seminar on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions: by Admin — published May 01, 2019 — last modified Jun 05, 2019 01:34 PM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Anubha Sinha participated in the WIPO “Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Group on Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions in the Field of Copyright”, which was held on April 29 and 30, 2019, in Singapore.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
WIPO Regional Seminar on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions: by Admin — published Apr 30, 2019 — last modified May 04, 2019 02:23 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Anubha Sinha participated in the WIPO “Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Group on Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions in the Field of Copyright”, which was held on April 29 and 30, 2019, in Singapore. The event was co-organized by Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore Cooperation Programme and WIPO.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
WIPO SCCR 24 Post-lunch Text (July 19, 2012): by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2012 — last modified Jul 25, 2012 03:33 AM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This is a rough transcript of the WIPO-SCCR discussions.
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