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Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 25
— by Smitha Krishna Prasad — last modified Dec 05, 2012 12:58 AMWe 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.
Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 10, 2012 08:30 AMA2K team members Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval participated in the "WikiWomenDay" organized by Wikipedia Club Pune at PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus on October 28, 2012. Subhashish unfolds the happenings of this full day free fun workshop.
Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition – 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia
— by Noopur Raval — last modified Nov 04, 2012 02:12 AMThis was a competition to raise Wikipedia awareness and help students discover the joy of writing articles in their native language and an attempt to connect producers having knowledge in Gujarati to a wide audience of more than four lakh readers.
ICOMM2012: International Communications and Electronics Fair
— by Jadine Lannon — last modified Dec 04, 2012 06:37 AMThe seventh India International Communications and Electronics Fair (ICOMM2012) organized by CMAI Association of India was held at the NSIC Expo Grounds in New Delhi from September 14 to 15, 2012. Jadine Lannon attended the event, and shares us with some interesting and exciting new developments in ICT.
First Pune Odia Wikipedia Workshop Organized!
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Nov 30, 2012 12:44 PMThe first Pune Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized in Pune on October 27, 2012. Subhashish Panigrahi recollects his experience about the events through this report.
Super Cassettes v. MySpace
— by Ujwala Uppaluri — last modified Oct 31, 2012 10:27 AMThe Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of intermediaries online and disregard all pragmatic considerations involved. The consequences for free expression and particularly for file sharing by users of services online are especially unfavourable.
Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot
— by Noopur Raval — last modified Oct 31, 2012 08:17 AMThis report analyses a series of meetings and workshops held in Rajkot, a city in Gujarat, India during the month of October 2012.
The Hathitrust Judgment and its impact on TVI negotiations at WIPO
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Oct 30, 2012 04:28 AMThose of you who have been following my earlier posts on the WIPO negotiations on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired will remember that one of the biggest concerns of the World Blind Union on the draft wording of the Treaty was with the definition of an “authorized entity” that can undertake conversion and distribution of accessible format copies.
Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates
— by Shiju Alex — last modified Nov 09, 2012 06:18 PMThree months back, I wrote a blog post (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/06/wikipedia-education-a-model-from-malayalam-wikipedia/) about the inauguration of the Wikipedia education program in Malayalam Wikipedia. This program is the first of its kind in an Indic language, and Malayalam community is doing the program in collaboration with the IT@School, a project of the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala, setup in 2001, to foster the IT education in schools.
Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University
— by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:43 AMThe Assamese Wikipedia community has shown a rapid growth in the past six months from 20 active editors in January 2012 to 29 active editors in June 2012. The absolute numbers might seem low but in terms of percentages its an overwhelming increment of 45 per cent.
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