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Press coverage about Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu Wikipedia success
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 26, 2016
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filed under:
Telugu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Andhra Jyothi, one of the leading news papers in Telugu covered Punjab edit-a-thon & Telugu wikipedia success in national level with the angle of Pranaraj involvement in it.
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News & Media
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Preventive Detention for Copyright Violation: Karnataka Amends the 'Goondas' Act
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Aug 13, 2014
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Last week, the Government of Karnataka amended the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Gamblers Act, 1985 (“the Karnataka Goondas Act”). The Karnataka Goondas Act would now also apply to offences under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology Act, 2000. This article presents an overview on the various provisions of this law and discusses the potential impact of the amendment.
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Blogs
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 25, 2013
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
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Privacy and the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as Amended in 2010
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 20, 2010
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 03:25 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
In this post the author examines the issue of privacy in light of the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as amended by the Copyright Amendment Bill in 2010. Four key questions are examined in detail and the author gives suitable recommendations for each of the questions that arise.
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Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 17, 2013
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last modified
Jan 31, 2014 06:20 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
CIS-A2K team interviewed Priyadarshini Tadkodkar about Konkani language. She speaks how editing/contributing to Konkani Wikipedia would help students.
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Blog
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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
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Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 16, 2010
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last modified
Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Technological Protection Measures
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
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Project Tiger 2.0
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by
Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill
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published
Nov 22, 2019
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last modified
Nov 24, 2019 09:18 AM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Project Tiger 2.0
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by
Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill
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published
Nov 24, 2019
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Project Tiger 2.0
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by
Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill
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published
Nov 24, 2019
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Project Tiger 2.0
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by
Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill
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published
Nov 24, 2019
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Blogs