http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/ Random stuff that I think matters. Int'l politics, linguistics, China, int'l development, society&tech, culture... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17539 Random Stuff that Matters » Blog Archive » More thoughts on Indonesian project to buy copyrights Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:01:50 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17539 [...] (Background here, here and here) From Kompas, April 7, 2008, through [i:boekoe], Rab A. Broto, director of the Sekolah Penulis Pembelajar (School of Writing and Learning?). [...] [...] (Background here, here and here) From Kompas, April 7, 2008, through [i:boekoe], Rab A. Broto, director of the Sekolah Penulis Pembelajar (School of Writing and Learning?). [...]

]]> http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17535 Random Stuff that Matters » Blog Archive » Indonesian text books: First copyrights bought Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:20:48 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17535 [...] (Read about the background here, and here). An update on the copyright buying project, from [i:boekoe], taken from an article in Kompas, March 27, 2008. [...] [...] (Read about the background here, and here). An update on the copyright buying project, from [i:boekoe], taken from an article in Kompas, March 27, 2008. [...]

]]> http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17528 Random Stuff that Matters » Blog Archive » Many great free textbooks from India Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:42:29 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17528 [...] I have written about the plan to buy the copyright for textbooks in Indonesia and publish the books online (here, and here). Today I found out, through the excellent Indian book blog Scholars Without Borders that the Indian National Council on Educational Research and Training (NCERT) offers free downloadable versions of many Indian K-12 text books. From this page, you can choose which year, and which subject, and receive the title desired. The first thing you get is a PDF with the contents, and at first I was very disappointed thinking that was the only thing I’d get, about to give up. Then I realized that the TOC is hyperlinked to the individual PDFs for the different chapters. However, these hyperlinks did not work neither in Preview nor in Skim, which I usually use - I had to download Acrobat Reader to view them. I hope at some point they will make available direct links to the different chapters, or better yet, a zip file containing the whole book, for offline reading (also beneficial to those with slow internet). [...] [...] I have written about the plan to buy the copyright for textbooks in Indonesia and publish the books online (here, and here). Today I found out, through the excellent Indian book blog Scholars Without Borders that the Indian National Council on Educational Research and Training (NCERT) offers free downloadable versions of many Indian K-12 text books. From this page, you can choose which year, and which subject, and receive the title desired. The first thing you get is a PDF with the contents, and at first I was very disappointed thinking that was the only thing I’d get, about to give up. Then I realized that the TOC is hyperlinked to the individual PDFs for the different chapters. However, these hyperlinks did not work neither in Preview nor in Skim, which I usually use - I had to download Acrobat Reader to view them. I hope at some point they will make available direct links to the different chapters, or better yet, a zip file containing the whole book, for offline reading (also beneficial to those with slow internet). [...]

]]> http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17438 Random Stuff that Matters » Blog Archive » Indonesian government buys books copyrights - update Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:04:26 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17438 [...] In February, I translated a news report about the Indonesian government planning to buy the Copyright for Indonesian text books, and let libraries distribute them freely. At that time I made a plea for these books to be also released as Creative Commons on the web. Since then three more articles have been published on [i:boekoe] about this scheme, and I will summarize/paraphrase the information below (please consult the original article for exact quotes), interspersed with my own comments. [...] [...] In February, I translated a news report about the Indonesian government planning to buy the Copyright for Indonesian text books, and let libraries distribute them freely. At that time I made a plea for these books to be also released as Creative Commons on the web. Since then three more articles have been published on [i:boekoe] about this scheme, and I will summarize/paraphrase the information below (please consult the original article for exact quotes), interspersed with my own comments. [...]

]]> http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17237 Ivan Chew Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:52:31 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/02/08/indonesian-government-wants-to-buy-text-book-copyrights/#comment-17237 Interesting. I've always assumed government-run schools would create their own textbooks (hence no copyright clearance issue). That's how it's done in Singapore for the Primary to Secondary levels. Interesting. I’ve always assumed government-run schools would create their own textbooks (hence no copyright clearance issue). That’s how it’s done in Singapore for the Primary to Secondary levels.

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