Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Need Copyright status advice for Nationalized books in Tamil Nadu

2015-03-31 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Tito, I am aware about the expectations from Commons Community. That is why I am seeking legal interpretation for the current situation. I will appreciate if anyone can connect us with Copyright experts in India. Even if we are going to establish contact with the government and get something

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Need Copyright status advice for Nationalized books in Tamil Nadu

2015-03-31 Thread Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
Ravishankar asked me to comment on this and we had a short discussion offline and here are some notes that might be useful. I had a look at the general scheme and it seems to be more like a kind of nationalized publishing system - where (presumably limited) rights to print are bought from the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Need Copyright status advice for Nationalized books in Tamil Nadu

2015-03-31 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Shyamal, Thanks a lot for your insightful comments on using archive.org facilities for Wikipedians' needs. Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Need Copyright status advice for Nationalized books in Tamil Nadu

2015-03-31 Thread Jayanta Nath
Hi Shyamal, Thanks for sharing this. Most of the Wikisource user follow the same process for PD also. DLI--Archive.org-- Commons workflow is very common to wikisource. My contribution could be found at https://archive.org/details/@jayanta_nath Regards, Jayanta On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:42 PM,