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 ------------------------------------------------------ On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com> wrote: > As the petition response mentioned, the national archives do have a > wikipedian in residence currently - dominic mcdevitt-parks (User:Dominic.) > David Ferriero has also attended at least one Wikimedia related event > himself - he spoke at the public policy initiative wrapup in boston this > summer. > > --- > Kevin Gorman > User:kgorman-ucb > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM, <wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> FYI - since we are looking to start GLAM in India, I thought this would >> make an interesting read. Answer to a petition for digitalising all Public >> Records in the US by a Wikimedian. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* The White House <i...@messages.whitehouse.gov> >> *Date:* January 20, 2012 6:27:44 PM EST >> *To:* <filbe...@gmail.com>filbe...@gmail.com >> *Subject:* *Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records* >> *Reply-To:* The White House <i...@messages.whitehouse.gov> >> >> [image: The White House] >> >> Digitizing Federal Public Records *By David Ferriero, the Archivist of >> the United States* >> Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to >> digitize all public records. >> The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our collections by >> digitizing our records is a great idea. 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Your petition, and the Yes We Scan >> effort broadly, calls for a national strategy, and even a Federal Scanning >> Commission, to figure out what it would take to digitize the holdings of >> many federal entities, from the Library of Congress to the Government >> Printing Office to the Smithsonian Institution. >> These ideas bring up a host of questions that still need to be answered: >> What should the National Archives’ priorities be? Do we focus on preserving >> deteriorating paper records, still bound with red ribbons from two >> centuries ago? Do we make digital copies of Vietnam Era film footage? >> Should we focus on preserving those older paper records while citizens >> volunteer to digitize more recent, and better preserved, records? >> The National Archives – which houses the Nation’s permanent records – is >> looking for your input to help answer these important questions on how we >> move forward. 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