To be utterly frank, we cannot continue to think that we must follow the
example of the west. As Wikimedians in India, we have a particular point of
view about copyright, in this case of works created using public money.
Whether or not the USA decides to prevent similar works from being openly
avai
This is not good. On one side we are thinking for lobbying for Government
works to be moved to public domain in India.. on another side this is
happening...
-TC
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:57 PM, wrote:
> FYI:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_
FYI:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_Court_-_deletion_request_opened
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:50:36 +0530
From: jayanta...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyrig
hi all,
May be re-post, Plz look the below link
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/
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With Warm Regards,
*Jayanta Nath*
Calcutta,West Bengal
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Kolkata Wikimedia *Hackathon, *which planning is going on*.*
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On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:10 AM, sankarshan wrote:
>
> Is the planned schedule/calendar for the IEP available ? One that puts
> dates to specific phases of the exercise.
>
Not currently, Sankarshan. Once we start the work of designing a new pilot -
taking into account the learnings from the Pune
hi,
It would be best for the content to be placed in public domain.
However, with attribution would also be okay.
The public has already paid for it's production and also for the
creation of its physical copy (by any means).
Some arms of the government do charge for use by foriegners or for a
ce
Who wants copyright free? We want the right to reproduce and distribute
freely, since we have already paid for it.
The amendments on the way are a mess, designed to reinforce the rights of
restrictive copyright holders. It is understandable, since the political
leadership of the nation (of all hue
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Hisham wrote:
> Two reports have just been released as the analysis of IEP Pune Pilot.
>
> An quantitative analysis has been prepared and is available
> at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Analysis/Quantitative_Analysis
>
> Tory Read'
Hi,
Correcting some typos in the previous mail.
Instead of "Jnyan Prabodhini" it is "Jnana Prabodhini".
Also,
Official website of the school is http://prashala.jnanaprabodhini.org/
And wikipage of Jnana Prabodhini organisation is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnana_Prabodhini
Regards
-Sudh
Hi Everyone,
*Update on Wiki11 Pune Meet up:*
On behalf of Pune Community and Pune chapter, we celebrated the 11th
Anniversary of Wikipedia and the 1st Anniversary of India Chapter at
Jnyan Prabodhini, Pune. We started the session with the introduction
by Chapter Marathi SIG (Special Interest Gr
Thanks ViswaPrabha. This is turning to be a real love-fest. :)
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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2012/1/23 ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) :
> Ashwin,
>
> You seem to be the most omnipresent guy everywhere in Wikipedia as far as
> WikiProject India is c
Ashwin,
You seem to be the most omnipresent guy everywhere in Wikipedia as far as
WikiProject India is concerned. I keep wondering how a single person can
devote so much time to the cause of a project as vast as WP:India.
Being at the helm of a very good one-fifth of all potential Wikipedia
user
Hey many Congrats :) Happy to see you as an admin. I din't know you were on
RFA, missed the chance to convey my support :) Keep it up :)
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote:
> WOW !!
>
> Congrats Swaroop Rao !!!
>
> -Sudhanwa
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ashwin B
As we had discussed in the Meetup on 15th, Sunday, we are holding Photowalk
in Mumbai on 28th. Accordingly we have decided "Oval Maidan, Churchgate" as
the meeting point. The wiki page link for the event is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WTMUM2 .
We would be glad if more volunteers from Mum
I think amendments for the current copyeight act are coming soon. However,
there is hardly any chance that Govt. work will be released copyright free.
Regards
-Sudhanwa
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Ashwin Baindur
wrote:
> Thanks for this post, wheredevelsdare.
>
> Its high time someone in
WOW !!
Congrats Swaroop Rao !!!
-Sudhanwa
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
> Congratulations, mate!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
> --
>
> __
Thanks for this post, wheredevelsdare.
Its high time someone in India put up a PIL to the Supreme court
challenging the relevant portions of CopyrightAct 1957 wherein government
work from public funds remains in copyright.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
Congratulations, mate!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MikeLynch#Congratulations
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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