Friends, Let us congratulate one and all who worked tirelessly for this without which this would haven't happen.
On 5/22/12, Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College <xr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > I am writing this email soon after the Lok Sabha passed the Amendment to the > Copyright Act 1957. It has been a very interesting experience working on > this Amendment and seeing it approved. Six years ago when the XRCVC first > got in to the process, we never realized that the road ahead was so complex > and would take so many twists and turns. At last it is through and we wait > the Presidential approval and the final Gazette notification. > > I'd like to thank so many people and organizations that have helped make > this possible. To start with, the work of Late Prof Vinod Sena who had made > a deposition to Parliamentarians prior to 2006. I would like to thank > organizations who supported the representation we had worked on as part of > the Publication Access Co-ordination Committee (PACC). Simultaneously the > Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) also started putting on pressure. We > had many ups and downs largely as a result of the constant transfers of > Copyright Registrars and us having to start the work all over again. > > The demand for a suitable Amendment gained more momentum with the DAISY > Forum of India (DFI) demanding the appropriate change. Further, many other > organizations joined as part of the National Access Alliance (NAA). A big > thank you to all of them. > > I'd also like to thank the Parliamentary Standing committee who called us > and gave us a patient hearing and in spite of pressure saw logic and merit > in our arguments. Further, a big thank you to our Parliamentarians, many of > whom we contacted personally who made this possible. We acknowledge the very > positive role of Shri Kapil Sibl, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource and > Development and Mr. G.R. Raghavender, Director - Book Promotion, Copyright , > Education Policy, UNESCO, Indian National Commission & International > Co-operation Cell / Registrar – Copyright > > A big thank you to Rahul Cherian, Nirmita Narsimhan, Ketan Kothari, Dipendra > Manocha, Kanchan Pamnani, Shamnad Basheer with whom we have had the pleasure > of working, planning and giving shape to this historic Amendment. I'd also > like to place on record XRCVC's gratitude to Sightsavers whose Project > Access has helped make this social advocacy project dream a reality. > > Thank you once again one and all. > > Best Regards, > Dr. Sam Taraporevala > ------------------------------------------ > Director > Xavier's Resource Center for the Visually Challenged > (XRCVC) > St. Xavier's College, Mumbai - 400 001 > s...@xrcvc.org > +91 22 22623298 (D) > +91 22 22620661-5 (B); extn: 366 > +91 22 24112478 (R) > +91 22 24228769 (R) > +91 9869378436 (M) > ---------------------------------------- > The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to > this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may > contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not > the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this > e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this > message and any attachments. > > WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should > check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The > Organisation accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus > transmitted by this email. www.xrcvc.org > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
