[Wikimediaindia-l] Administrative maps of India and states.

[Abhilash S Unni]

Does this help.

http://censusindia.gov.in/Footer_Menus/Disclaimer.html

<http://censusindia.gov.in/Footer_Menus/Disclaimer.html>The site mentions
that

quote

*Copyright:*

Material on this site subject to copyright unless otherwise indicated. The
material may be downloaded without requiring prior permission. Any other
proposed use of the material is subject to the approval of ORGI - New Delhi.
Application for obtaining permission should be made to ORGI, New Delhi

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Regards

Abhi

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gautam John <gautam at prathambooks.org> wrote:

> On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna <vvcrishna at radiophony.com> wrote:
>
> > OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established, as we all
> > know.
>
> Oh sorry - none meant! Apologies if it sounded otherwise.
>
> > Can anyone please point me to the relevant link (for the census data,
> > because the Census Authority is distinctly constituted at arm's length
> from
> > the Government of India)? I would like to review the pertinent
> restrictions,
> > for this list.
>
> http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/CopyrightRules1957.pdf
>
> 28. Term of copyright in Government work.- In the case of Government
> work, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein,
> copyright shall subsist until [Sixty] years from the beginning of the
> calendar year next following the year in which the work is first
> published.
>
> Where Government work is defined as:
>
> (k) "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or
> under the direction or control
> of-
> (i) the Government or any department of the Government;
> (ii) any Legislature in India;
> (iii) any court, tribunal or other judicial authority in India;
>
> My reading is that the Census Authority is very much a part of
> government. A question that I have been thinking about is whether
> census data (in the raw form and not the presentation) is capable of
> being copyrighted.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
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