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November 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 06, 2013 01:59 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
Blog Entry Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERI
by Jadine Lannon — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 01, 2012 05:57 AM — filed under: ,
On October 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) organised a one-day workshop on exploring the internals of mobile technologies at the TERI Southern Regional Centre in Bangalore. The workshop received more than 140 registrants, of which approximately 40 attended. In this post, Jadine Lannon explores the discussions and the developments that took place at the workshop.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Access to Knowledge Bulletin — October 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 29, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 08:19 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This is the second bulletin from the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in Delhi. This issue features education program updates of the Assamese, Malayalam and Gujarati Wiki communities, a hackathon held at BITS, Hyderabad, press coverage of the Odia Wikipedia workshop in Pune, and reports of workshops organised in Bangalore, Ghaziabad and Pune during the month of October.
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Blog Entry Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
by Smitha Krishna Prasad — published Nov 29, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 11:11 PM — filed under: , , ,
This November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to copyrighted materials to visually impaired persons. In between these discussions, the SCCR also found time to have two short plenary sessions on the proposed broadcast treaty as well as working documents on exceptions for libraries and archives.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
વિકિપીડિયા ગુજરાતી માં પણ છે
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 28, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 10:36 AM — filed under: , , ,
We've recently been featured in the Gujarati magazine on technology: Cybersafar. The below article was written by Harsh Kothari.
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Blog Entry Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)
by Snehashish Ghosh — published Nov 26, 2012 — last modified Dec 01, 2012 03:36 PM — filed under: ,
The Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet and Society has made the following comments on the draft policy document.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
OdishaDiary conferred prestigious Odisha Youth Inspiration Award 2012 to Odia Wikipedia team
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 23, 2012 — last modified Dec 05, 2012 04:55 AM — filed under: , , ,
OdishaDiary (Orissadiary.com) conferred the prestigious Odisha Youth Inspiration Award 2012 to the team of contributors of Odia Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!
by Jadine Lannon — published Nov 23, 2012 — last modified Dec 21, 2012 07:48 AM — filed under: , ,
As a part of the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace research project, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is researching 12 mobile phone devices to generate a better understanding of the intellectual property (IP) implications of pervasive mobile technologies available in the Indian market. This post is an introduction to our 12 mobile phones.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai
by Noopur Raval — published Nov 21, 2012 — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:01 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Wiki Women Workshop was organized at the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala in Mumbai on November 4, 2012. It was attended by over 60 women participants who were taught how to contribute to Wikipedia articles and briefed about the knowledge gaps in Wikipedia — the free encyclopedia. Noopur Raval has prepared a report of the event.
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Blog Entry Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 25
by Smitha Krishna Prasad — published Nov 20, 2012 — last modified Dec 05, 2012 12:58 AM — filed under: , , ,
We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 25th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from November 19, 2012 to November 23, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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