The amendments on the way are a mess, designed to reinforce the rights of restrictive copyright holders. It is understandable, since the political leadership of the nation (of all hues) conflates ownership with monetisation, but hardly sensible.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com> wrote:

I think amendments for the current copyeight act are coming soon. However, there is hardly any chance that Govt. work will be released copyright free.

Regards
-Sudhanwa

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:

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
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On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgorman@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.

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM, <wheredevelsdare@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 <info@messages.whitehouse.gov>
Date: January 20, 2012 6:27:44 PM EST
To: filbertk@gmail.com
Subject: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records
Reply-To: The White House <info@messages.whitehouse.gov>

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. Our most recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of our OpenGov initiative, include the Citizen Archivist project, a Wikipedian in Residence, Tag it Tuesdays, and Scanathons. We are also moving forward on implementing the President’s recent Memorandum on Managing Government Records, which focuses on the need to update policies and practices for the digital age.
But all those things aren’t enough. 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. What are your thoughts on how the National Archives and other agencies should proceed? What questions should we be asking ourselves?
You can add your thoughts over on the National Archives blog, and I’m looking forward to having a longer discussion with the creators and signers of this petition on this important issue in the coming weeks– more details on that will follow.
Thank you again for your interest in this important issue. I’m looking forward to your ideas on how we can proceed with digitizing federal public records.
Check out this response on We the People.
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