On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Does this help. > > http://censusindia.gov.in/Footer_Menus/Disclaimer.html > > <http://censusindia.gov.in/Footer_Menus/Disclaimer.html>The site mentions > that > > quote > > *Copyright:* > > Material on this site subject to copyright unless otherwise indicated. The > material may be downloaded without requiring prior permission. Any other > proposed use of the material is subject to the approval of ORGI - New Delhi. > Application for obtaining permission should be made to ORGI, New Delhi > > unquote > Here's a very interesting point about copyright, that I just read on a webpage discussing copyright infringements (and claims, in the USA, which is sure a good place to litigate): [a valid copyright notice has 3 elements: (1) the rights holder name, (2) the copyright symbol, and (3) the year of first publication. Using an copyright notice in an invalid format – such as omitting the year of first publication – is not recommended] The page is a blogpost by a photographer about pressing copyright claims in the USA: http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/13/the-10-rules-of-us-copyright-infringement/ In this light, the copyright disclaimer on the Census webpage seems completely invalid. > > Regards > > Abhi > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org>wrote: > >> On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna <vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote: >> >> > OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established, as we >> all >> > know. >> >> Oh sorry - none meant! Apologies if it sounded otherwise. >> >> > Can anyone please point me to the relevant link (for the census data, >> > because the Census Authority is distinctly constituted at arm's length >> from >> > the Government of India)? I would like to review the pertinent >> restrictions, >> > for this list. >> >> http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/CopyrightRules1957.pdf >> >> 28. Term of copyright in Government work.- In the case of Government >> work, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, >> copyright shall subsist until [Sixty] years from the beginning of the >> calendar year next following the year in which the work is first >> published. >> >> Where Government work is defined as: >> >> (k) "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or >> under the direction or control >> of- >> (i) the Government or any department of the Government; >> (ii) any Legislature in India; >> (iii) any court, tribunal or other judicial authority in India; >> >> My reading is that the Census Authority is very much a part of >> government. A question that I have been thinking about is whether >> census data (in the raw form and not the presentation) is capable of >> being copyrighted. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best, >> >> Gautam >> ________ >> http://social.prathambooks.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Vickram Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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