On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:29, Vickram Crishna wrote:
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> In this particular case, doubtless Arun Ganesh is specifically aggrieved,
> since it was his picture the Government has acquired al la Singur (but
> without the comforting legislative sanction such actions normally need), but
> WMF's abilit
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Gautam John wrote:
> Vickram:
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> > I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
> > there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
> > preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisel
Vickram:
> I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
> there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
> preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisely
> WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really
I am sorry that my simple query did not include my reasoning. The purpose of
going to court is not to enforce rights per se for a particular photograph,
but to send a signal to the government that a right enjoyed by all cannot be
arbitrarily abstracted by the government, and that it amounts to
inte
Gautam, I meant Prasar Bharathi. The parent company of Doordarshan. It
is a Central Government entity.
Re,+
SR, CBE.
On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
> Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
> for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
On 29 September 2011 15:56, Pradeep Mohandas wrote:
> Central Government, I think. :)
Oh! Pratham Books is most certainly not a Central Government body!
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
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Central Government, I think. :)
warm regards,
Pradeep
On 29 September 2011 15:52, Gautam John wrote:
> PB is what?! CG?
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> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
>
> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
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> On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
> wrote:
> > Gau
PB is what?! CG?
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
> Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
> for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status
Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to
court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used
in education, bring more awa
On 29 September 2011 14:21, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
> I would like to think that the general idea behind free-licensing
> creative work is the defensive protection of intellectual property,
> and not to enforce rights in courts of law.
Well, and to ease the use of it while clearly marking it as suc
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gautam John wrote:
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> On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna wrote:
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> > That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go
> > to court?
>
> Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more appropriate?
I would like to think that t
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gautam John wrote:
> On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna <
>
vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote:
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> > That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to
> go
> > to court?
>
> Court? that's a bit extreme. This opportunity can be leverag
On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna wrote:
> That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go
> to court?
Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more appropriate?
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go
to court?
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
> our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:
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>> Realistically speaking, when have school students read "further reading".
> At least i don't recollect me doing it :D
>
The few who would are worth it!
Asaf
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Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation
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We also have media from commons included in the textbooks:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arunganesh/6192169089/in/photostream
There's no mention or credit anywhere of course. Atleast we know that
wikipedia has been an important source for creating these books :)
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j.mp/ArunGanesh
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 20:27, Bala Jeyaraman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> English wikipedia articles are listed in the "Further reading" sections of
> lessons in science text books of the recently implemented Samacheer Kalvi
> (uniform education) syllabus in Tamil Nadu. A few examples are : Standard 7
>
Hi all,
English wikipedia articles are listed in the "Further reading" sections of
lessons in science text books of the recently implemented Samacheer Kalvi
(uniform education) syllabus in Tamil Nadu. A few examples are : Standard 7
science (lesson 11) Standard 8 science (lessons 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11
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