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Blog Entry A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara
by U.B.Pavanaja published Jul 31, 2013 last modified Mar 25, 2014 08:51 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
On Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.
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July 2013 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 31, 2013 last modified Aug 21, 2013 09:30 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below.
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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 07, 2013 — filed under: , ,
It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia edit-a-thon in mind? Kindly start here
by Tito Dutta published May 11, 2018 — filed under: , , ,
Are you thinking to conduct a Wikipedia edit-a-thon? You may use this document as an initial guide. Please note: this article is written keeping specially organisations, institutions, and individuals in mind, who are new to Wikipedia world. We are starting this post with some basic questions. Please feel free to ask questions by mailing tito "at" cis-india.org
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Blog Entry Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra
by Subodh Kulkarni published Apr 22, 2018 last modified May 07, 2018 04:25 PM — filed under: , , ,
INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) and SANDRP (South Asian Network of Dams, Rivers and People) organized “A Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra” on 20-21 April 2018 from 9:00am-5:30pm at Yashada, Pune.
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RightsCon Toronto 2018
by Admin published May 12, 2018 last modified Jun 07, 2018 02:31 PM — filed under: ,
RightsCon is organizing the 2018 edition of the event at Beanfield Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto in Canada. A session on Pervasive Technologies project titled "Cheap and chipper: IP in India’s affordable smartphones" is scheduled on May 17, 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. in the International Trade and the Commons track. (Room #203B, Beanfield Centre).
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Consilience 2018
by Admin published May 12, 2018 — filed under:
National Law School of India University, Bangalore organized The Future of Blockchain Technology: Evolving a Framework for its Adoption and Regulation in India on May 5, 2018. Swaraj Barooah panel on "e-Governance and Public Service Delivery using Blockchain Technology" at Consilience 2018.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Indian Women and Craft Edit-a-thon
by Gopalakrishna A. published May 19, 2018 last modified Jul 04, 2018 04:30 PM — filed under: , , ,
A two-day long edit-a-thon aimed to archive the Women achievers in the field of art and craft on Kannada Wikipedia was held with the help of Srishti Institute and Janastu on 8th March and 25th March 2018.
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An open data ecosystem can boost India's GDP by $22 B and double farmer income
by Admin published May 23, 2018 — filed under: , ,
MeiTY says increased data transparency will drive growth and improve governance across key industry sectors in the time to come.
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Blog Entry NGOs circulate letter at WIPO SCCR/36 raising serious concerns about draft Broadcasting Treaty
by Anubha Sinha published May 29, 2018 — filed under: ,
At the 36th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), negotiations on the Broadcasting Treaty continue - this time with a sense of urgency to present results of the 20 year negotiations to the UN General Assembly, scheduled in September this year. There remain long-pending issues within the Treaty, which have largely been ignored or weakly acknowledged by the Committee. In view of the threats that this Treaty poses to Access to Knowledge and the mission of educators, archivists, researchers, libraries and creators, NGOs at WIPO (including CIS) have circulated the letter below.
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