Centre for Internet & Society

Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Edit-a-thon

by Sailesh Patnaik & Jnanaranjan Sahu

Odia Wikipedians, in conjunction with Indian Athletics Federation and Sports and Youth Services collaborated to document the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. Hundreds of photos were uploaded and new Wikipedia content added to inform the event’s fans.

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Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India

by Anubha Sinha

On 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally came to an end when the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization (IRRO) challenging an earlier judgment of Delhi High Court that ruled course packs in India legal for educational purposes.

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Indian Patent Office updates Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions, yet again

by Anubha Sinha

By discarding a test brought into force last year, the updated Guidelines take no concrete position to help clarify the ambiguity around patentability of software inventions in India.

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Thematic Edit-a-thon at J.P.Naik Centre for Education & Development, Pune

by Subodh Kulkarni

A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was held at the J.P. Naik Centre for Education and Development in Pune recently.

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Marathi Wikipedia Symposium at Gokhale Institute Of Politics & Economics

by Subodh Kulkarni

A strategic symposium on Marathi Wikipedia and its sister projects was conducted on 29 April, 2017

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