On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 10:56 +0530, Anivar Aravind wrote:

Friends,

Can we start a campaign on Nalsar....? Any contacts? where we can start

am not quite sure about Nalsar, moreover nobody did a thing when Microsoft was sign MOU's with Govt. of Karnataka.

I would like to hear what other have to say, if they do.

Cheers

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@altlawforum.org mailto:lawrence@altlawforum.org> Date: Oct 10, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: [Commons-Law] Nalsar signs MOU with Microsoft To: Commons law <commons-law@sarai.net mailto:commons-law@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

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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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