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Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada literature to enrich Wikisource

by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Mar 20, 2014 11:13 AM

Kannada Wikipedian Omshivaprakash, Pavithra and I co-authored this article on digitizing Vachana Sahitya, a 11th century Kannada literature on WikiSource.

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Broadcast Treaty: An Overview

by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Mar 20, 2014 09:55 AM

In this blog post, CIS intern Varun Baliga, a third year law student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, presents an overview of the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, currently being deliberated by nations at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).

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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad

Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad

by Syed Muzammiluddin — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM

“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.

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004: A License to Share

by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Mar 20, 2014 05:38 AM
March 20, 2014

In this blogpost Devika Agarwal, a 4th year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, takes a first look at the Creative Commons 4.0 Licence.

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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 2 of 3)

by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Mar 20, 2014 04:52 AM

From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th session. This blog post (Part 2 of 3) summarizes Days 3 and 4 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.

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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 1 of 3)

by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Mar 20, 2014 04:49 AM
March 18, 2014

From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th Session. This blog post (Part 1 of 3) summarizes Days 1 and 2 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.

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NGO Profile: Third World Network

by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Mar 14, 2014 01:32 PM
March 14, 2014

In the second blog in this series, I profile the work of the IP team of Third World Network (TWN) at the various International Organisations in Geneva.

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Report on the 9th Session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement

by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Mar 14, 2014 01:54 PM
March 14, 2014

The 9th Session of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement ended here in Geneva last week. In this report, I look at the major issues discussed at the Session and the deadlock over future work of the Committee.

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Tewiki 10th Anniversary

Tewiki 10th Anniversary

by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified Mar 19, 2014 11:01 AM

Tewiki 10th anniversary celebration 2014, started on February 15 in Vijayawada at Kakaraparti Bhavanarayana College. It was co-organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team and the Telugu Wikipedia community. Ch.Arjuna Rao expressed his happiness on Telugu Wikipedias completion of 10 years and 55000 articles in Telugu on the inauguration of decade celebrations.

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