To be utterly frank, we cannot continue to think that we must follow the example of the west. As Wikimedians in India, we have a particular point of view about copyright, in this case of works created using public money. Whether or not the USA decides to prevent similar works from being openly available, kowtowing to the ceaseless lobbying of proprietary content purveyors, is only incidental to our own attitude. Also note that this is a Supreme Court decision, the same court that kept persons of a particular colour in bondage for centuries. It cannot be said to be the democratic view of the US people.<div>
<br></div><div>We must continue to make every effort to see our own country does not fall into this trap, at a time when the possibility of widespread knowledge dissemination in the country is just becoming truly feasible. To the extent that this involves taking on the proprietary knowledge (an oxymoron if there ever was one) lobby, so be it.  <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:06 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
This is not good. On one side we are thinking for lobbying for Government works to be moved to public domain in India.. on another side this is happening...<br><br>-TC<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:57 PM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com" target="_blank">wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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FYI: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_Court_-_deletion_request_opened" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#URAA_affirmed_by_US_Supreme_Court_-_deletion_request_opened</a><br>


<br><div><div></div><hr>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:50:36 +0530<br>From: <a href="mailto:jayantanth@gmail.com" target="_blank">jayantanth@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>


Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright	Public Domain Works<div><div></div><div><br><br><div>hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>May be re-post, Plz look the below link....</div><div>

<br></div><a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/</a> <br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">With Warm Regards,</span><br><b style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Jayanta Nath</b><br>Calcutta,West Bengal<br>



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