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2(m) or not 2(m): by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 23, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:55 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
An article by Nilanjana S Roy was published in the Business Standard on February 19, 2011. In this article Nilanjana Roy explains to us how a copyright amendment might change the way we read, write and publish in India.
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3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 31, 2016 — last modified Oct 07, 2016 12:42 AM — filed under: Wikipedia, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Copyright is a really complicated topic, and when it comes to online use of creative works, accidentally crossing the line between fair use and a copyright violation is easy. How do you know what is copyrighted? Recently Frederico Morando (Creative Commons, Italy) and I presented a training session on understanding copyright policies at Wikimania 2016, which was originally proposed by Wikipedian User:Jim Carter. We covered topics such as fundamentals of copyright, exclusive rights, Berne convention, copyleft, Creative Commons licenses, Public Domain, fair use, and copyfraud.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
3rd Canadian Science Policy Conference: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 23, 2011 — last modified Nov 23, 2011 03:57 PM — filed under: Conference, Information Technology
The Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) organised the 2011 conference at the Ottawa Convention Centre from 16 to 18 November 2011. Sunil Abraham spoke in the session on Global Implications of Open and Inclusive Innovation.
Located in News & Media
3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest & Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and IP in Africa: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 26, 2013
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3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest & Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and IP in Africa: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2013 — last modified Jan 05, 2014 02:52 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
From 9 to 13 December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental governmental entities, the private sector, civil society, and academia gathered for five days of interconnected events in Cape Town.
Located in News & Media
4th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest: Statement of Conclusion for the IP and Development track: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 25, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Global Congress, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was held from December 15 to 17, 2015 in New Delhi. This post provides a summary of the event.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
7th India Digital Summit 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 15, 2013
This summitt organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India is held in New Delhi, January 16 - 17, 2013.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
8 Challenges for Improving Indian Language Wikipedias: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 29, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:05 PM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
After more than 10 years in existence, the Indian-language Wikipedias still are not known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia became the largest encyclopedia in history as a result of thousands of volunteer editors.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
8 Challenges In Growing Indian-Language Wikipedias: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:11 PM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
While speaking at BHASHA: Indian Languages Digital Festival, a day-long discourse at New Delhi on Indian languages and their state in new media, especially digital platforms, I touched upon Wikipedia in Indian languages. Most people, in fact, do not even know that Wikipedia exists in many Indian languages.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
11th Century Kannada Literature Now on Wikisource: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 30, 2014 — last modified Apr 06, 2014 05:01 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
This blog post by Pavithra Hanchagaiah and Omshivaprakash HI was edited by Rohini Lakshane for DNA. It was first edited by Subhashish Panigrahi, CIS-A2K on the Wikimedia Foundation blog where it was first published.
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