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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 18, 2010 — last modified Sep 21, 2011 06:01 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Consumer Rights, Copyright, Fair Dealings, Public Accountability, Intellectual Property Rights, RTI, Featured, Broadcasting, Publications, Submissions, Technological Protection Measures
CIS analyses the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from a public interest perspective to sift the good from the bad, and importantly to point out what crucial amendments should be considered but have not been so far.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Analysis on the strategies of Mozilla and Wiki communities on gender gap aspects: by Bhuvana Meenakshi — published Oct 03, 2019 — last modified Oct 03, 2019 11:56 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, women and internet, CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge
There is a need for research on how Open Source communities are trying to balance the gender ratio and how they provide the safe space environment to its contributors. With this in mind I have come up with this blog as I am an active contributor of Mozilla since 5 years and also got myself recently introduced to Wikimedia and its sister projects, have interacted with few Indian women contributors in both of these communities and came out with a few observations on how I see them in India and what could be improved in both communities.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net Access: by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published Aug 19, 2014 — last modified Jan 20, 2015 06:47 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
Andhra Loyola College (ALC) and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to steward the growth of Telugu Wikipedia and to make available free knowledge in Telugu to all Telugus across the globe.
Located in Openness / Blog
Announcing the Institutional Partner for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015: by Anubha Sinha — published Jan 07, 2015 — last modified Jan 07, 2015 01:34 PM — filed under: Global Congress, Access to Knowledge
We are pleased to announce that National Law University, Delhi will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in December 2015.
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Announcing the Tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015: by Anubha Sinha — published Aug 22, 2014 — last modified Aug 22, 2014 09:47 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Global Congress, Access to Knowledge
CIS recently announced that the Centre for Internet and Society will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at New Delhi, India, tentatively in the first two weeks of December, 2015. This post declares the track events to be conducted, seeks your participation and invites contributions from potential funders.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 1): by Ting-Yi Chang — published Sep 18, 2016 — last modified Sep 21, 2016 10:13 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Gender, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.
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Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 2): by Ting-Yi Chang — published Sep 18, 2016 — last modified Sep 22, 2016 07:55 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Gender, Wikipedia, Wikipedia gender gap, Wikimedia
Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 3.): by Ting-Yi Chang — published Sep 18, 2016 — last modified Sep 22, 2016 07:54 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Gender, Wikipedia, Wikipedia gender gap, Wikimedia
Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries in Wikipedia gender gap narrowing on both local (India) and global scales.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
App Developers Series: Products-Services Dichotomy & IP (Part I): by Samantha Cassar — published Apr 10, 2014 — last modified Jul 21, 2014 01:43 AM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge
Recently, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) held a series of interviews in attempts to better understand the ecosystem in which India's mobile app industry is emerging, how it is governed by India's current laws, and how mobile app developers are affected as a result. The following written series maps out the given responses and presents our findings from these interviews and accompanying conversations.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
April 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.
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