[fsug-bangalore] Fwd: [Commons-Law] Nalsar signs MOU with Microsoft

[dinesh]

Anivar,

We can write to Nalsar and ask for an explaination.
We can also send material and information on studies
regarding free software, IP rights, etc and ask if
they were aware of it. Ask why they choose to use
M$. Set up TV interviews and blog spaces. Just one
person can do this and others are there for support
as and when needed. Also we need to ask for the
details of the M$ programs.

d.



Anivar Aravind wrote:
> Friends,
> 
> Can we start a campaign on Nalsar....? Any contacts? where we can start
> 
> ~regards
> Anivar Aravind
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Lawrence Liang* <lawrence at altlawforum.org 
> <mailto:lawrence at altlawforum.org>>
> Date: Oct 10, 2005 5:42 PM
> Subject: [Commons-Law] Nalsar signs MOU with Microsoft
> To: Commons law <commons-law at sarai.net <mailto:commons-law at sarai.net>>
> 
> Hi all
> 
> This is very interesting, when I went to teach at Nalsar a year ago I was
> pleasantly surprised by the fact that all their systems were running on GNU
> Linux. But this raises some serious questions of institutional capture
> 
> Microsoft had also sponsored a workshop in the national alw school a few
> years ago which was meant to train the lower judiciary in the evils of
> software piracy
> 
> 
> 
> Lawrence
> 
> ===========
>  >From http://www.varindia.com/VNS/Oct5_1.htm 
> <http://www.varindia.com/VNS/Oct5_1.htm>
> 
> 
> 
> Microsoft Corporation India has signed a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding
> with the prestigious National Academy of Legal Studies and Research
> University (NALSAR), Hyderabad, to implement the "Microsoft Intellectual
> Property Scholar Program". Under the aegis of this program, Microsoft aims
> to establish a Knowledge Bank in the area of Intellectual Property.
> 
> Microsoft will select three "Microsoft Scholars" from the final year batch
> of the B.A. B.L. (Hons.) program at NALSAR, to undertake fundamental
> research and author papers on topics related to Intellectual Property (IP)
> rights. Research scholarships will be provided by Microsoft to these
> scholars and based on the research generated by them, a lecture series will
> be organized by NALSAR.
> 
> Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR, said,
> "As an institution which fosters a challenging and exciting intellectual
> environment, we are extremely excited about our new partnership with
> Microsoft. We are confident that our students will immensely benefit from
> the program and will be able to further the growth of Intellectual Property
> in the country."
> 
> Under the terms of the MoU, NALSAR will make available to the Microsoft
> Scholars a dedicated study room, which was inaugurated by Hon'ble Mr.
> Justice K. Ramaswamy, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India at the Dr.
> N. C. Banerjee Centre for Intellectual Property Law Studies. Relevant
> library and research resources will also be made available to
> the students, All software required in this computer facility for the
> Microsoft Research Scholars, will be provided free of cost, by Microsoft.
> 
> The Professor of Intellectual Property at NALSAR, Professor V. K. Unni,
> will act as the resident administrator for the Microsoft Scholar Program in
> conjunction with the Legal and Corporate Affairs Department of 
> Microsoft. An
> empowered project Review Committee comprising Dr. Ranbir Singh, VC, NALSAR,
> Shardul Shroff, Managing Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas, and Rakesh Bakshi,
> Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft India, will be constituted to 
> monitor
> the progress of the projects.
> 
> 
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