Very good points, Anirudh. Thank you.
Best, Gautam (handheld) On Aug 26, 2011 1:11 PM, "Anirudh Bhati" <anirudh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it's a great idea! > > Alternatively, we could pool in resources with chapters / communities in > regions which have minimal copyright restrictions so that they can legally > host the content on their websites which will be accessible around the > world. I would suggest jurisdictions which comply with the minimum > requirements of the TRIPS Convention. I believe that would be author's life > + 25 years for less developed countries and author's life + 50 years for > other countries including Hong Kong. Copyright protection for literary > works in India extends to life + 60 years. > > [As a sidenote: There are countries where copyright legislation is > non-existent, e.g., Lao PR. The Wikimedia Foundation may not wish that > their trademarks be used to facilitate copyright infringements in other > territories, therefore an endeavour in these countries could be supported by > an individual or community-run with no links to the Wikimedia Foundation.] > > Yours sincerely, > > Anirudh Bhati > > +855 975 529 803 > Skype: anirudhsbh > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org >wrote: > >> On 26 August 2011 12:52, Shiju Alex <shijualexonl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > So what you propose is not a new project, but to have servers in India >> for >> > the projects with India related content? Infact most of the projects, >> > including commons and meta, have India related content. >> > I am not sure how much this will help. But do we have servers outside US >> > now? >> >> Not for India related content, Shiju. Specifically a WikiSource server >> of sorts, hosted in India, exclusively for content that is out of >> copyright in India only. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best, >> >> Gautam >> ________ >> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>
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