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World Book Day
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<b>Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was one of the speakers on the program arranged on account of World Book Day by Karnataka Publishers’ Association at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">He spoke about the importance of giving info about Kannada books in Kannada Wikipedia, about digitization of books, ebooks and audio books.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Click to read the media coverage in <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/international-book-day/article5932673.ece">the Hindu</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/world-book-day'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/world-book-day</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-05-05T09:33:11ZNews ItemWorkshop: Social Justice in an Internet-mediated World
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<b>IT for Change and the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities invite you to a workshop on social justice in an internet-mediated world at the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities on January 31, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan, Program Director, Access to Knowledge from the Centre for Internet and Society will deliver a lecture on Where are the Alternatives ? Is distributed power possible?</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">IT for Change and Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, University of Manipal are pleased to announce a workshop on Social Justice in an Internet-mediated World that will examine themes such as: Role of Technology in Oppression and Emancipation through History, Digital Technologies and the Discourse of Social Justice in India, Globalisation and Democracy in an Internet-mediated world, and the Place of Media, Culture and Community in Network Society. The workshop will be conducted by subject-experts from the two organising institutions and other scholar-activists, researchers and practitioners.<br /> <br />The fundamental objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers, students, NGO representatives to explore conceptual frameworks in an emerging field through dialogue and deliberation.<br /> <br />The workshop fee is Rs. 3000 and participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements. Scholarships to cover travel and course fee are applicable to India based applicants only. However, accommodation would be provided free of cost to all participants, at the University campus during the period of the workshop.<br /> <br />To apply, please send your CV with contacts and a 500-word statement that elaborates the reasons you want to attend this workshop, to itfc-mcph@itforchange.net. Selected candidates will be intimated by email.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://www.itforchange.net/node/1116">More info at IT for Change website</a></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to Knowledge2014-02-02T16:24:29ZNews ItemWorkshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and China
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-innovation-economic-development-and-ip-in-india-and-china
<b>Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané presented at the SMU-JINDAL-RENMIN Workshop on “Innovation, Economic Development, and IP in India and China,” co-organised by the Singapore Management University, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Renmin University of China, in Delhi during September 27-28, 2016. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, delivered the inaugural address at the workshop.</b>
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<p>Workshop Brochure: <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/invitation-workshop-innovation-economic-development-and-ip-in-india-and-china" class="internal-link">Download</a> (PDF)</p>
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<h4>Anubha Sinha - "Investigating Limits to Innovation and Peer Production in India's Mobile Apps Economy"</h4>
<p>Slides: <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/investigating-limits-to-innovation-and-peer-production-in-indias-mobile-apps-economy" class="internal-link">Download</a> (PDF)</p>
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<h4>Rohini Lakshané - "Exploring Open Hardware in Mass Produced Mobile Phones"</h4>
<p>Slides: <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/exploring-open-hardware-in-mass-produced-mobile-phones" class="internal-link">Download</a> (PDF)</p>
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No publisherAnubha Sinha and Rohini LakshanéPeer ProductionAccess to KnowledgeIntellectual Property RightsOpen HardwareOpen InnovationMobile AppsPatents2016-10-09T04:41:38ZNews ItemWorkshop on e-Content Development
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/workshop-on-e-content-development
<b>T. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.</b>
<p>Vishnu Vardhan will give guest lecture for the following:</p>
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<li>Open Source to Open Knowledge</li>
<li>Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet</li>
<li>e-Content in Indian languages – History, Challenges and Opportunities</li>
<li>Wikipedia Users to Wikipedia Authors – Exploring Wikipedia as an OER Tool</li>
<li>e-Content, e-Student, e-Faculty – Reimagining classroom in the digital Age</li>
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<p><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/e-content-development" class="internal-link">Click to download the programme brochure</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/workshop-on-e-content-development'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/workshop-on-e-content-development</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-09-04T05:56:16ZNews ItemWorkshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars in Pune
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/workshop-on-digital-annotation-and-content-generation-with-research-scholars-in-pune
<b>The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE) is conducting a two-day workshop on Digital Annotation and Content Generation with research scholars at KSP Women’s Studies Centre, Pune on October 30-31, 2015.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Day 1:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As part of this workshop, we will be working
with <a class="external-link" href="http://www.annotationstudio.org/">Annotation Studio</a><span class="_Tgc">, </span>a set of collaborative web-based and open source
annotation tools that allows users to share texts and annotate them
simultaneously. For the educator, it enables tracing points of
engagement with the text, identifying which paragraphs generate most
interest and why, and learn how readers understand the argument of the
text based on marking of tags. For the student, digital annotation is an
interesting exercise in close analytical reading, responding to
feedback, and building an argument.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Day 2:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The second day will be spent in understanding about generating
encyclopedic content on Wikipedia. We will engage the participants in annotating key
Women’s Studies texts and create well-referenced entries on various Indian language Wikipedia projects.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/workshop-on-digital-annotation-and-content-generation-with-research-scholars-in-pune'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/workshop-on-digital-annotation-and-content-generation-with-research-scholars-in-pune</a>
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No publishergaruleHigher EducationAccess to KnowledgeMarathi WikipediaCIS-A2KHindi Wikipedia2015-12-31T07:17:02ZEventWorkshop on Declaration on Patents Protection: Regulatory Sovereignty under TRIPS
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-declaration-on-patents-protection-regulatory-sovereignty-under-trips
<b>To discuss the focus areas of the Patent Declaration with key stakeholders in India, the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development organized a workshop at Conference Hall of the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi on July 12 and 13, 2016. Sunil Abraham was a speaker. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, with the active participation of 40 international patent scholars from 25 countries, has drafted the “Declaration on Patents Protection: Regulatory Sovereignty under TRIPS” to clarify the regulatory options available for WTO members while they implement their obligations under TRIPS Agreement. The Declaration is an attempt to conceptualize the relationship between innovation,patent and competition and to explore the possibilities under the TRIPS agreement for WTO members to develop patent laws that suit their domestic imperatives of socio-economic development. By analyzing the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, the Declaration attempts to identify flexibilities member states have when interpreting these provisions in their national legislation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The text contains 12 sections that take a detailed look at the options relating to subject matter, scope of protection, exhaustion, exceptions to the scope of protection, government use, undisclosed information, enforcement, transit and criminal measures. This document assumes much importance in the content where countries are more and more bound by regional and bilateral free trade agreements, which include TRIPS-plus provisions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Declaration was published to mark the 20th anniversary of the enforcement of the TRIPS Agreement. A large number of scholars have already signed on to this Declaration. After the publication of the Declaration, the Max Planck Institute has been taking steps to launch this in different parts of the world by engaging different stakeholders such us academics, executives, judges, lawyers, industry representatives and civil society members.<br /><br /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-declaration-on-patents-protection-regulatory-sovereignty-under-trips'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-declaration-on-patents-protection-regulatory-sovereignty-under-trips</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to Knowledge2016-08-03T15:14:12ZNews ItemWorkshop on Competition Law and Policy
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-competition-law-and-policy
<b>National School of Law India University and the Delegation of European Union to India jointly organized a workshop at Competition Commission of India in New Delhi from October 19 - 21, 2016. Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané participated and made presentations. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop was organized under the broader EU-India project titled "Capacity Building Initiative in Competition Area under Trade Development Programme" sponsored jointly by European Union Delegation and National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Download</h3>
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<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-brochure-cci.pdf" class="internal-link">Workshop brochure</a></li>
<li>Anubha Sinha's presentation on "<a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cci-presentation.pdf" class="internal-link">Investigation into the sub $100 Mobile Device Industry from IPR + Competition law lens</a>"</li>
<li>Rohini Lakshané's presentation on <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cci-workshop-on-competition-law-and-policy.pdf" class="external-link">CCI Workshop on Competition Law and Policy Competition Policy and Internet</a></li>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-competition-law-and-policy'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/workshop-on-competition-law-and-policy</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaIntellectual Property RightsAccess to KnowledgePervasive Technologies2016-10-23T01:51:25ZNews ItemWorkshop of River activists for building Jal Bodh - Knowledge resource on Water
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water
<b>To build knowledge resource on rivers in Pune district, CIS-A2K team organized a workshop in Pune on July 25, 2018.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">After the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Exploring_Wikimedia_platforms_in_Dialogue_on_the_Urban_Rivers_of_Maharashtra" title="Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra">River Dialogue</a>, Jeevit nadi organisation has taken initiative to train their team of activists in open knowledge and Wikimedia Projects. Activists and researchers from <a class="text external" href="http://www.jeevitnadi.org/" rel="nofollow">Jeevit Nadi</a>, <a class="text external" href="http://ecouniv.in/" rel="nofollow">EcoUniv</a>, Jal Biradari, <a class="text external" href="https://www.ecological-society.org/" rel="nofollow">Ecological Society</a>, <a class="text external" href="http://sagarmitra.org/" rel="nofollow">Sagarmitra</a> organisations participated in the workshop. The groups presented their work, the database and the resources with them. These include photographs, videos, training material and data collected on site. Extensive discussion was made for evolving methodology to integrate in Wikimedia Projects. This was the first iteration in the series of workshops.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The second iteration of building content on rivers in Pune district was organised on 25th July by Jeevit Nadi organisation. In this 4 hour session, 5 participants worked on category tree and structure of article on river. The editing skills for this were imparted. The images and videos available in the repository were analysed for uploading. The categorisation of media was also planned. The issues like maps of rivers and heritage places on the banks were also discussed. This team will prepare the database and organise the media files available for uploading in respective categories. The next iteration is planned in September.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Read the full details on <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop_of_River_activists_for_building_Jal_Bodh_-_Knowledge_resource_on_Water">Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water</a>
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No publisherAdminWikimediaCIS-A2KWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2018-08-11T01:45:18ZBlog EntryWorkshop of Publishers and Writers on Unicode, Open Source and Wikimedia Projects
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects
<b>CIS-A2K team organized a workshop on unicode, open source and wikimedia projects at Pune on July 25, 2018.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K has started dialogue with the publishers for the last 6 months regarding FOSS, Open knowledge and content donation to Wikimedia Projects. As a result, various publishers and writers associated with social sector have taken initiative to organise workshops. Parisar, NGO working on environmental issues organised this orientation session for 4 activists, 5 publishers and 6 writers.</p>
<p>The following issues were discussed with demonstrations -</p>
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<li>Adoption of Unicode and open source softwares</li>
<li>Make available old reference books, out of print books on web using new technology</li>
<li>Strengthening of Marathi Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary etc.</li>
<li>Social marketing of literary books</li>
<li>Explore the new medium of e books</li>
<li>To establish a company on lines of Amazon for e-selling of marathi books</li>
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<p>Read the event details on <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop_of_Publishers_and_Writers_on_Unicode,_Open_Source_and_Wikimedia_Projects">Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects</a>
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No publisherAdminWikimediaCIS-A2KWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2018-08-11T02:08:53ZBlog EntryWorks of Veerasalingam Pantulu on web
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hans-india-december-31-2014-works-of-veerasalingam-pantulu-on-web
<b>Andhra Loyola College in association with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS- A2K) is conducting a six-day camp titled ‘Wiki Winter’ at Wikipedia Lab in the campus.</b>
<p>Click to read the PDF of the original article published by Hans India <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog/works-of-veerasalingam-pantulu-on-web.pdf" class="external-link">here</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The camp will conclude on Wednesday. Around 45 volunteers from BSc (Physics) and BA (Telugu) streams are attending the camp. The students are being trained to be the contributors for Wikipedia and they are authorised to add, edit and delete articles in Wikipedia using validated user ids.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The articles in the field of Physics which are not in Telugu language are being prepared by the students. The articles are scrutinised by experts from other parts of the world and are accepted on permanent basis. The students of BA (Telugu) are preparing the classical works of Kandukuri Veerasalingam. His works are being digitalised and are made available to people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Kola Sekhar of Department of Telugu and the organising secretary said that Kandukuri Veerasalingam is a well-known social activist and a writer. His works reflected the social evils prevailing in the society which are still relevant today. The solutions Veerasalingam showcased through his works are not available to current generation. This camp aims to put his works online. Sekhar said that they would strive hard to add more and more classical works in Telugu to the Wikipedia.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hans-india-december-31-2014-works-of-veerasalingam-pantulu-on-web'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hans-india-december-31-2014-works-of-veerasalingam-pantulu-on-web</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2015-01-01T14:49:05ZNews ItemWorks of Odisha litterateur JP Das to be available online free
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/odisha-sun-times-december-5-2015-works-of-odisha-litterateur-jp-das-to-be-available-online-free
<b>The works of bureaucrat-turned-writer from Odisha, Jagannath Prasad Das, can be accessed free online after the digitisation process is complete.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article was published in <a class="external-link" href="http://odishasuntimes.com/2015/12/05/works-of-odisha-litterateur-jp-das-digitised-available-online-free/">Odisha Sun Times</a> on December 5, 2015.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Saraswati Samman and Sahitya Academy award winner, prominent writer, former IAS officer and cultural historian, popularly known as JP Das, has recently re-licensed 30 of his notable works under a free license called CC-by-SA 4.0. This opens up a whole new window to his books being accessible to readers for free online.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Recently, the scanning of the original books was made by the Bhubaneswar based non-profit and science education research organisation Srujanika which will now be made available after converting them into text form.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Not just Dr Das, many other notable individuals like Padma Shree Debi Prasanna Pattanayak, Manoj Panda, Dr Subrat Prusty, Bharat Majhi and organisations like Aama Odisha, Manik Biswanath Smrutinyasa that have come forward in the past to make their books available online using Odia Wikisource as a platform. Aama Odisha’s founder Soumya Ranjan Patnaik in a public gathering last year had permitted for relicensing and digitizing 19 volumes of Odia books published by Aama Odisha.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“I made a rather late and hesitant entry into the internet and digital world, but it has since become an integral part of my life. My introduction to digital books was through Srujanika’s digitised version of Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha – all of 95,00 pages in seven volumes — which was impossible to handle on the writing table. That made me think how wonderful it would be to have all Odia books available on the internet that could be easily accessible to every interested reader,” says Das.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“As a beginning, I decided to put my own writings on the internet. Many of our young Odia writers are quite active on the social media. I hope they will take the initiative to get more and more Odia books available on the internet with the help of Odia Wikisource,” he adds.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Notably, Odia Wikisource is a sister project of the Odia Wikipedia and is available at or.wikisource.org on the internet. As a free online Odia-language library, it houses over 119 books already and all of the books are either under public domain or under the above mentioned creative commons share-alike license which gives the freedom of accessing the works for free, reuse them and even correct if any mistakes found, of course following the guidelines made by the Wikisource community. Currently, about 10 Wikisourcers are actively contributing to digitise books of various genres ranging from science to fiction to even the Odia classics.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">With more authors generously opening up their work online, it feels like they are worried of the books becoming obsolete from the new generation leaving them with no way to learn about their own language and literature. Regional languages like Odia are facing the struggle to selling more books with the growing trend of English-centric education and rat race for jobs. In such a tough situation, more popular Odia literary content is certainly going to give a boost to readership and will take the language to more people, he expressed.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/odisha-sun-times-december-5-2015-works-of-odisha-litterateur-jp-das-to-be-available-online-free'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/odisha-sun-times-december-5-2015-works-of-odisha-litterateur-jp-das-to-be-available-online-free</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KOdia WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-01-03T10:51:10ZNews ItemWomen’s History Month: Sambad collaborates with Odia Wikipedia for a Two Day Edit-a-thon
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/women2019s-history-month-sambad-collaborates-with-odia-wikipedia-for-a-two-day-edit-a-thon
<b>Sambad's 100 Women Edit-a-thon: Two day edit-a-thon to increase quantity and quality of women-related articles on Odia Wikipedia</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b59b5d4-d88a-8880-dbfc-2539a5626b8b"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><a class="external-link" href="http://www.sambadepaper.com/epapermain.aspx">Sambad</a>, in collaboration with Odia Wikipedians, is organising a two day ‘edit-a-thon’ on March 18 and 19, 2017 to increase and improve articles on women in Odia Wikipedia. Sambad, a regional language daily newspaper in Odisha, is among the most widely circulated and published newspapers as it is from eight key cities in the state, including the capital city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. The event will be organised in Sambad Bhawan Bhubaneswar with around 15-20 participants from different walks of life.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">In 2011<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf">, a survey</a> carried out by the Wikimedia Foundation found that only 8.5 percent of Wikipedia editors were female. Since then, awareness has risen and many have found the editor demographic imbalance to be a strong reflection of what the encyclopaedia does or does not cover, including how written language and discourse were constructed on the pages and how discussion flows on article talk pages.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The aim of this 100 Women Edit-a-thon is to create articles on 100 Women from Odisha, hailing from different fields of work. Mrutyunjaya Kar, Admin, Odia Wikipedia hopes that “through this edit-a-thon, Odia Wiki will get a new batch of female Wikimedians. I hope all the other Indic Wikipedias will replicate this to create and improve articles in their respective languages.” The Women’s Studies department of Utkal University and the archives of the Sambad newspaper are major resources for this edit-a-thon.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The program will run for two days with a batch of journalists from Sambad and Eastern Media along with local Wikipedians from the city. Tanaya Patnaik, Director of Eastern Media says, “Odisha and Odias have such rich history and accomplishments, but information regarding the same is limited on the Internet. Wikipedia has emerged as the most popular go-to information site and it is essential that we Odias as a community get together to make our presence felt on the web. We loved the idea of collaborating with Odia Wikipedia for an edit-a-thon aiming at creating 100 Wikipedia articles on Odia women achievers. This would be an incredible learning experience for us.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b59b5d4-d898-412a-d7fc-1eb79bd0dfd1"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">WikiTungi Bhubaneswar, the city based community of Odia Wikipedians is taking the lead in organising the event. The first day of this edit-a-thon is dedicated to introducing Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects to the participants. Participants will also be taught how to create user accounts. The second day of this edit-a-thon is to create or improve articles from the 100 Women list. Tanveer Hasan, Program Manager, CIS-A2K added, “It is vital that Wikimedians take the lead in contributing to a gender sensitive Wikipedia. Edit-a-thons such as these are instrumental in doing so. These events must be carefully nurtured and an effort to follow-up should be made. According to Wikidata, Odia Wikipedia is among the gender balanced Wikipedias in terms of content. <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap">20.6%</a> of articles on Odia Wikipedia are related to women. In collaboration with Sambad for this initiative, Odia Wikipedians strive to bridge the gender gap and create an example in this movement.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/women2019s-history-month-sambad-collaborates-with-odia-wikipedia-for-a-two-day-edit-a-thon'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/women2019s-history-month-sambad-collaborates-with-odia-wikipedia-for-a-two-day-edit-a-thon</a>
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No publisherSailesh PatnaikCIS-A2KOdia WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2017-03-17T05:36:25ZBlog EntryWomen's Day Edit-a-thon at Jnana Prabodhini
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-at-jnana-prabodhini
<b>A Marathi Wikipedia Women's Day edit-a-thon was conducted in collaboration with Jnana Prabodhini to commemorate the celebration of International Women's Day.</b>
<p>A Marathi
Wikipedia Women's Day edit-a-thon was conducted in collaboration with Jnana
Prabodhini in Pune on 9 March, 2017 to commemorate the celebration of
International Women's Day. Jnana Prabodhini is an organisation that is active
in the field of social work. The organisation enabled the bringing together of women working
in the culture and Indology sectors for this edit-a-thon.</p>
<p>The aim of
the two-hour-long edit-a-thon was to help build resources in the field of Culture, Indology and women
empowerment on Marathi Wikipedia. The edit-a-thon also introduced the
participants to editing Wikipedia and contributing to Wiki projects. In
addition to this, the workshop attempted to add references to existing articles
in order to improve their credibility.</p>
<p>The all-women event was attended by
seven women from different walks of life. The participants edited five articles
on women related to culture and Indology. Dr. Aaryaa Joshi, research scholar at
Jnana Prabodhini was one of the expert trainers at the event.</p>
<p>Link to event page on meta can be found <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Day_Edit-a-thon_at_Jnana_Prabodhini,_Pune_on_9th_March_2017">here</a>.</p>
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No publisherSubodh KulkarniCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-15T07:31:38ZBlog EntryWomen's Day Edit-a-thon at Jeewan Jyoti Women's Empowerment Centre, Pune
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<b>Sterlite Tech Foundation and Jnana Prabodhini joined hands with the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team to hold a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Jeewan Jyoti Women's Empowerment Centre, Ambawane in Pune on March 10, 2017. Subodh Kulkarni was one of the trainers. The edit-a-thon was attended by 28 students.</b>
<h3><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/PuneEditathon.jpg" alt="Pune Editathon" class="image-inline" title="Pune Editathon" /></h3>
<h3>Background</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Sterlite Tech Foundation and Jnana Prabodhini are the organisations working for Women's Empowerment in Velhe Block of Pune District Maharashtra. Jeewan Jyoti - Sterlite’s flagship initiative aims to address these issues by empowering the under privileged sections of society, especially rural women with equal learning opportunities and with professional training courses in their formative years; thereby providing them with sustainable income opportunities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">On the occasion of World Women's Day, Women's Wikipedia edit-a-thon week is arranged across the world. The organisers collaborated with The Centre for Internet & Society-Access to Knowledge Program to conduct this workshop for rural women.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Project Goal</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The goal of this Wikipedia Workshop is to build resources in the field of rural development & women empowerment on Marathi Wikipedia and equip its participants with the process of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. Another focus of the workshop will be on village articles.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Primary Goals</b></p>
<ul>
<li>To introduce Wikipedia as an encyclopedia for research and a concept to new editors.</li>
<li>To Promote Marathi Wikipedia Community & promote the use of regional languages in Wikipedia.</li>
<li>To have an open interaction within the editors, existing as well as new.</li>
<li>To spread the awareness of Wikipedia as a powerful tool.</li>
<li>To develop articles on gender & environment related issues</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Day_Edit-a-thon_at_Jeewan_Jyoti_Women%27s_Empowerment_Centre,_Ambawane,Dist.Pune">More info on Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-in-pune'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-in-pune</a>
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No publishersubodhCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-10T16:04:03ZBlog EntryWIPO: Scope and rights of potential broadcasting treaty clarified
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<b>This post by Alexandra Bhattacharya was published in SUNS #7796 dated 5 May 2014.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Read the story posted on Third World Network <a class="external-link" href="http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/intellectual_property/info.service/2014/ip140502.htm">here</a>. CIS is quoted.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Integral concepts and the options on the scope of a proposed broadcasting treaty, and the substantive rights envisaged for broadcasting organisations have been further elucidated.<br /> <br /> The 27th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) completed its two- and-half-day discussion on 30 April of the agenda item on a proposed Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organisations - a 16-year-old issue in WIPO.<br /> <br /> However, a number of member states (India and Brazil) pointed out that there was further need to tackle the technical issues and that there was still no clear consensus.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The results of the informal consultations (Regional Coordinators plus six) held by the committee's Chair have produced two tables based on Article 6 which deals with the "Scope of Application" of the proposed treaty, and with Article 9 on "Protection for Broadcasting Organisations" in the working document (SCCR/27/2 Rev).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There is no clear consensus on most of the elements in the tables, but they are meant to consolidate all the options and proposals currently in place.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 27th session of the SCCR is taking place in Geneva from 28 April to 2 May.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In 2007, WIPO's General Assembly agreed to pursue a "signal-based approach" to drafting a new treaty to provide protection for broadcasting organisations, to ensure that provisions on signal theft in themselves did not give broadcasters additional rights over program content.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Results of Informal Consultations: Tables on Scope of Application and Rights</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The informal consultations have resulted in a table on the Scope of Application of the treaty which relates to Article 6 of the proposed treaty. The potential applicable areas identified include:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">(i) traditional broadcasting [and cablecasting](wireless or by wire)(+pre-broadcast signal);<br /> <br /> (ii) simultaneous and unchanged transmission of broadcast program (simulcasting);<br /> <br /> (iii) deferred linear transmission of broadcast program;<br /> <br /> (iv) on-demand transmission of broadcasting program (catch up) and program-related material (to be defined); and<br /> <br /> (v) internet originated linear transmission (webcasting).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Elements (ii) to (v) relate to transmission over the Internet [if included, only for traditional broadcasters/cable casters]. The Chair stated that there was greater emphasis on traditional broadcasting which included both wireless or by wire along with pre-broadcast signals. There was greater divergence with respect to transmissions over the internet with a majority position that simultaneous and almost simultaneous broadcasting should be part of the treaty. Some had also expressed the opinion that webcasting should be beyond the scope of the treaty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The second table relates to rights for broadcasting organisations and is in the context of Article 9 on "Protection for Broadcasting Organisations".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This table includes: (i) simultaneous re-transmission of the broadcast signal to the public over any medium; (ii) Near simultaneous re-transmission of the broadcast signal to the public over any medium (to be defined); (iii) Transmission of the broadcast signal to the public from a fixation and over any medium (not limited in time) including the making available right; (iv) Fixation of a broadcast signal, reproduction of fixation of broadcasts, distribution of fixations (copies) of broadcasts, performance of broadcast signal in places accessible to the public [against payment of an entrance fee]; (v) Protection of pre-broadcast signals; and (vi) National Treatment when the protection is equivalent; reciprocity when there is a difference in the protection.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">After the presentation of the tables in the plenary, Brazil said that "for the sake of transparency", it wanted to state that the informal discussions were helpful in the sense that they had produced a "deeper understanding of what we are talking about".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It stressed that it had tremendous difficulty in referring to the word "consensus", as many aspects were yet to be clarified. It underlined the need to see the discussion with a "grain of salt".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">India supported the statement by Brazil, noting that although the committee had "grappled with many issues," there was need for a more technical discussion. In this context, it proposed that broadcasting engineering experts be invited to an informal experts' meeting during the next session of the SCCR.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Support for India's proposal was voiced by the United States, Brazil, El Salvador, Canada, and Colombia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The European Union stated that the discussions showed that a number of delegations had expressed their support for covering traditional broadcasting and cablecasting transmissions. The most divergent views were with respect to simulcasting deferred transmissions and on-demand transmissions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It also said that there was a need to have more discussion with respect to elements (ii) and (iii) of the table on Rights. It added that there could be flexibility on element four if there was a good solution for two and three.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The United States was of the opinion that the "charts" that pulled out the multiple proposals on the table allowed the delegation to understand the key elements better and also to get some initial indication of the thinking of different delegations on those elements.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It observed that there was general agreement as to the inclusion of traditional broadcasting over the air which is clearly within the mandate of the General Assembly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Elements (i) and (ii) in the table on rights, the simultaneous and near simultaneous re-transmission of signals to the public were essentially the proposal of the United States for discussion purposes, it added.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Trinidad and Tobago stated for the record that it would like the scope of protection to include traditional broadcasting and cablecasting.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">China stated that simulcasting should be included in the treaty.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Protection for Broadcasting Organisations: Exclusive Rights Discussed</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The second day of the SCCR focused on Article 9 on "Protection for Broadcasting Organisations" which deals with the substantive rights envisaged in the protection for broadcasting organisations in the potential treaty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The divergence in views related to the scope and range of the substantive rights to be given to broadcasting organisations. This issue, along with the Scope of Protection (Article 6), remains one of the integral areas of the proposed treaty where consensus is yet to be reached.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A consistent concern expressed by a number of member states and some stakeholders' groups such as those representing copyright providers (authors, actors, musicians) during the session, has been the need to ensure that the potential broadcasting treaty did not infringe or curtail the existing rights of underlying content providers of the broadcast.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As seen in the discussion on the Scope of Protection, the complexity of the issue was evident and member states were encouraged to work on a matrix of exclusive rights envisaged for broadcasting organisations in order to both cement progress and also for better conceptualisation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">[The current text of Article 9 on "Protection for Broadcasting Organisations" includes two Alternatives A and B which deal with exclusive rights to be authorised to broadcasting organisations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">[Alternative A lists fewer rights which include: (i) the re-transmission of their broadcast signals to the public, by any means; (ii) performance of their broadcast signal in places accessible to the public, for commercial advantage or using very large screens; (iii) the use of a pre-broadcast signal intended for them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">[Alternative B has a more extensive list of exclusive rights and includes: (i) the right of fixation of their broadcasts; (ii) the direct or indirect reproduction, in any manner or form, of fixations of their broadcasts; (iii) the re-transmission of their broadcasts by any means, including re-broadcasting, re-transmission by wire, and re-transmission over computer networks; (iv) the communication to the public of their broadcasts; (v) the making available to the public of the original and copies of fixations of their broadcasts in such a way that members of the public may access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them; (vi) the transmission by any means for the reception by the public of their broadcasts following fixation of such broadcasts; (vii) the making available to the public of the original and copies of fixations of their broadcasts, through sale or other transfer of ownership.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">[India's proposal in the Annex of the working document is essentially based on the right to prohibit, if done without authorisation, the following: (i) the re-broadcast of their signal through traditional broadcasting means; (ii) causing the broadcast to be seen or heard in public on payment of any charge; and (iii) make a fixation of signal for the purpose of re-broadcast.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">[Additionally, for this session, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan tabled a proposal (SCCR/27/6) in which a broad range of rights such as fixation and re-transmission rights are included.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">[The United States has also included a proposal for "discussion purposes" which states that "Broadcasting organizations shall have the right to authorize the simultaneous or near-simultaneous re-transmission of their broadcast or pre-broadcast signal over any medium".]</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Chair sought comments from member states on how to move forward on the issue, particularly with respect to determining the range of rights to be given to broadcasting organisations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Belarus, introducing the group proposal SCCR/27/6, said that adequate protection should be afforded to broadcasters, bearing in mind the economic investment required by them. It added that there should be the broadest scope for the protection to be enjoyed by the broadcasters.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Belarus stated that these rights have to be linked to re-broadcasting of any such content and with the broadcasting of the content in whatever form. It added that the exhaustion of the rights should be left to domestic legislations.<br />With respect to India's proposal, Belarus stated that the right to prohibit was not sufficient.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The United States stated that its proposal for discussion attempted to "cut through the debate on the scope of rights" and attempted to focus on a "single core right".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The proposal for a "right to authorize the simultaneous or near-simultaneous re-transmission" focused on the need to address the fundamental concerns of the broadcasting organisations within the scope of the 2007 General Assembly mandate on a signal-based protection.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The US added that it was suggesting no post-fixation rights at the international level and only for the protection of the signal. Any protection for post-fixation would be relying on the protection of the content.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The right to authorise the simultaneous or near-simultaneous re-transmission would include the broadcast and pre-broadcast signal, it explained.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It also noted that there had not been opposition to the treaty covering these elements during the meeting, adding that there had not been any consensus on post-fixation rights.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The US further suggested an approach which could be either (i) based on the US proposal, or (ii) used the US proposal as a basis and included some version of post-fixation rights.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It said that there was a need for something that "we can all agree to in the international level".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">India stated that its proposal was based on protection for broadcasting organisations based on a "signal based" approach in the traditional sense. In this context, it supported protection for simultaneous broadcasting in the traditional sense and not for webcasting and simulcasting.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Mexico was of the opinion that there was a need to seek "the establishment of general standards" and the discussion had to focus on general principles and not on the details.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In this context, it supported the proposal by the US.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In a similar vein, South Africa noted the need for a general signal-based approach and supported the proposal by the US which was based on a narrow scope of rights.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Brazil also expressed support for the US proposal and stated that with this "narrow and simple" approach it would be possible to make progress.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It however expressed reservation about including other forms of protection other than for simultaneous and near simultaneous re-transmissions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The European Union also agreed that there was consensus in the room as to the right to authorise or prohibit simultaneous transmissions by any means. However, there was a need to focus on transmissions from fixations where there was less clarity.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It added that there was a need to separate the discussion from fixation and post-fixation rights. There was also a need to be clear about what "near simultaneous" transmissions meant.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The EU said that there was a need to also be clear about what kind of rights were referred to with respect to the right to prohibit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Canada stated that a single solution to signal piracy remained a challenge and that it was attached to finding a minimum standard today. It added that there was a need to look at both pre- and post-fixation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It also noted that there were different modes of delivery of broadcasts and there were a number of alternatives in the text. In this context, it would be useful to develop a matrix to further the discussion.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The need to simplify the range of rights on the table was echoed by the US, Ecuador, Chile and Colombia.<br />The Russian Federation supported the approach in restricting rights in some way and to focus on agreements previously reached, particularly with reference to traditional broadcasting.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It added that with respect to including additional rights in the scope of protection, there would be a need to receive corresponding authority from the General Assembly to do that.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It reiterated that a signal-based approach had already been decided and " if we are going to keep looking at every nuance, then we will not get anywhere".</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Iran stated that the aim of the exercise should focus on the "anti-piracy function" and the function of the treaty should stop all forms of piracy. It noted that one approach could be an umbrella solution as seen in the WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Chair proposed informal consultations (Regional Coordinators plus six) in order to make progress on a matrix with respect to the range of rights and the scope of application of the potential treaty.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Concerns Expressed by Observers</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A number of observers to the SCCR representing broadcasting organisations expressed the need for a treaty for the protection of broadcasting organisations; however, a number of other organisations also expressed reservations with the current work being undertaken in the SCCR.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) stated that it opposed the idea of granting any new layer of intellectual property rights for broadcasters that would make it more expensive and more complex to legally obtain access to and use of information.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It explained that this treaty could create many problems for consumers especially if it is without very clear fixation rights, the rights in literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, performances, films, sound recordings, broadcasts and other material in which there are copyright and related rights.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) said that they saw no compelling public policy reason for a new international instrument on the protection of broadcasting organisations, because piracy of broadcast signals is already adequately dealt with under existing laws and treaties.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">They explained that the creation of a new layer of rights that affects access to content is of great concern to librarians, because it imposes an additional barrier to access to knowledge, especially to content in the public domain and that libraries have practical experience of such over-protection caused by multiple layers of rights.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">EIFL and IFLA urged the member states to consider the costs to taxpayers and society, as well as the perceived benefits of this proposed treaty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) also expressed concerns regarding the intended scope and language of Article 9 on "Protection for Broadcasting Organisations" in Working Document SCCR/27/2 Rev.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It was of the opinion that the current language expanded the scope of the proposed treaty and was likely to have the effect of granting broadcasters rights over the content being carried and not just the signal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It stated that the language in Article 9 envisaged fixation and post-fixation rights for broadcasting organisations, for instance, among others, those of reproduction, distribution and public performance and this was inconsistent with a signal-based approach.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Secondly, it expressed reservations on the inclusion of "communication to the public" reflected in Article 9 Alternative B.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It stated that communication to the public was an element of copyright and governs the content layer, as distinct from the "broadcast" or "transmission" of a signal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Therefore, attempts to regulate "communication to the public" would not be consistent with a signal-based approach, which the CIS believes is the mandate binding on this Committee.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Chair's conclusions on all the agenda items are expected to be circulated and finalised on the last day of the session (2 May 2014).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The remaining days of the SCCR focused on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives as well as Limitations and Exceptions for Educational, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with Other Disabilities.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/third-world-network-may-5-2014-wipo-scope-and-rights-of-potential-broadcasting-treaty-clarified'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/third-world-network-may-5-2014-wipo-scope-and-rights-of-potential-broadcasting-treaty-clarified</a>
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