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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy: by Sailesh Patnaik — published Dec 19, 2018 — last modified Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM — filed under: Open Educational Resources, CIS-A2K, Open License, Access to Knowledge, Open Data, Wikipedia, Open Content, Odia Wikipedia, Open Access, Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPR: by Samantha Cassar — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:14 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Public Accountability, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Content
Due to the Holy See’s demonstrated pro-access position to medicines and published materials for persons with disabilities, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) requested for His Excellency, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, to also consider copyrights, patents or IPR more generally, as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer at WIPO. We strongly encourage other organizations and civil society groups to modify this letter, as needed, and to contact the Holy See Mission to the United Nations (and WIPO) in Geneva in order to help us prompt His Excellency to contribute to the international dialogue on IPR.
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The Online Video Environment in India - A Survey Report: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 25, 2011 — last modified Oct 03, 2011 09:31 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Content, Publications, Open Video
iCOMMONS, the OPEN VIDEO ALLIANCE, and the CENTRE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY have initiated a research project which seeks to survey the online video environment in India and the opportunities this new medium presents for creative expression and civic engagement. This report seeks to define key issues in the Indian context and begins to develop a short-term policy framework to address them.
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Open Video Summit: by Radha Rao — published Nov 19, 2009 — last modified Dec 10, 2009 06:21 AM — filed under: Open Content, Workshop
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), iCommons, Open Video Alliance and Magic Lantern are organizing a workshop on December 15, 2009 at TERI, Bangalore
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