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Right to Read Campaign, Chennai
— by Radha Rao — last modified Feb 04, 2013 06:19 AMA report on the first road show of the nationwide Right to Read Campaign which was launched at Loyola college, Chennai, on 26th September, 2009.
Reading options for persons with print disabilities
— by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 02, 2011 01:35 AMAn article by Mr.Dipendra Manocha (Regional co-ordinator for developing countries of the Daisy Consortium and president DFI) on the reading options which are available for the blind.
The Right to Read Campaign
— by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AMThe nationwide Right to Read campaign will begin with road shows in four metros and will then be taken up in different cities. There will be half day events with publicity. Events shall comprise presentations, debates and demonstrations, book reading sessions and stalls where various accessibility tools will be demonstrated. The first roadshow is to be held at Loyola College on 26th September.
Copyright v. Exercise of Fundamental rights
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Feb 20, 2013 11:07 AMIn this article, Rahul Cherian analyzes the legal and ethical framework around the issue of copyright in relation to converting materials into accessible formats for the print impaired.
Copyright Challenges for Print Impaired Persons in India
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AMPrint impaired persons in India face several hurdles in accessing reading materials- the biggest one being the Indian Copyright Act 1957
Response to the Call from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Review of the Copyright Act
— by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AMThis blog entry contains a letter sent by Rahul Cherian of Indojuris and Nirmita Narsimhan of the Centre for Internet and Society in response to a call from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for review of the Copyright Act.
Report on Second National Workshop on Web Accessibility, 5-7 June 2009
— by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Feb 04, 2013 05:52 AMNirmita Narsimhan reports on the second National Workshop on Web Accessibility for web developers, hosted by CIS in Bangalore from 5 to 7 June 2009, and attended by 15 participants.
Follow-up Letter in Support of WIPO Treaty for Reading Disabled
— by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 25, 2011 08:43 AMCIS has sent another letter to the Department of Higher Education, Ministry for Human Resource Development, petitioning it to support the WIPO Treaty for the reading disabled.
Seminar on Exceptions and Limitations in Copyright
— by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AMThis is a report on a seminar organised by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, and Government of India on 14 and 15 May 2009, in Kochi, Kerala, to look at exceptions and limitations in copyright. Programme Manager Nirmita Narsimhan, of the Centre for Internet and Society, attended the seminar.
Access India Meet-Up, 16 May 2009
— by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AMWe reproduce a brief report on the meeting of the Access India mailing list hosted at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society on 16 May 2009, between 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm.
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