[INDOLOGY] Bhattacharyya's Sadhanamala edition

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Yes, you should exchange information with Oliver Hellwig, who has developed
and sells exactly such a tool - OCR of Devanagari plus assisted,
semi-automatic word analysis.  Sanskrit, and Hindi.

See

   - http://www.indsenz.com/int/index.php


Best,
Dominik

--
Dr Dominik Wujastyk
Department of South Asia, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies<http://stb.univie.ac.at>
,
University of Vienna,
Spitalgasse 2-4, Courtyard 2, Entrance 2.1
1090 Vienna, Austria
and
Adjunct Professor,
Division of Health and Humanities,
St. John's Research Institute, <http://www.sjri.res.in/> Bangalore, India.
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On 4 April 2013 14:05, Paul Hackett <ph2046 at columbia.edu> wrote:

> Dear Dominik,
>
>    Thank you for clarifying this issue for the list.  I would point out
> that the situation in the U.S. is different, having become far more
> complicated in recent years due to the "Copyright Term Extension Act"
> passed in the U.S.
>
>    That having been said, when I scanned my own copy of
> Bhattacharyya's Sadhanamala volumes, I did so with the intention of
> producing a searchable electronic copy of his critical editions.  I had
> prototyped Devanagari OCR for a different project, and had been thinking to
> extend that process to these volumes.
>
>    I have, in recent months, been thinking to revisit this -- i.e.
> producing a searchable electronic copy of the texts contained in those
> volumes -- and so would be curious to know from the List if anyone knows of
> any other projects underway to do this, to revisit the original texts that
> served as the basis of his editions, or any other related project so as to
> avoid any duplication of efforts.
>
> All the best,
>
> Paul Hackett
> Columbia University
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:
>
> Benoytosh Bhattacharyya died in 1964<http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoytosh_Bhattacharyya>.
> So his copyright expires and his works become public domain in 2024, 60
> years after his death (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length.  The
> (C) rules specifically within Indian borders are laid out here, and seem
> more relaxed than the various international legislations (to which India is
> also a signatory): http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/handbook.html.
>
> But the consensus in copyright discussions is that *critical editions*are different from monographs or literary works, and the consensus is that
> their copyright only extends to 25 years after publication.   This is law
> in Germany (but may be reviewed soon), and is emerging as general usage
> elsewhere.  So if the *Sadhanamala* vols are just edition,  or we're
> talking about scans of just the edition parts, then they've been in the
> public domain since 1985.
> See
>
>    - Margoni, Thomas and Perry, Mark, "Scientific and Critical Editions
>    of Public Domain Works: An Example of European Copyright Law
>    (Dis)Harmonization" (November 18, 2011). Canadian Intellectual Property
>    Review, Vol. 27, p. 157. Available at SSRN:
>    http://ssrn.com/abstract=1961535
>
>
> Best,
> Dominik
>
>
> --
> Dr Dominik Wujastyk
> Department of South Asia, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies<http://stb.univie.ac.at/>
> ,
> University of Vienna,
> Spitalgasse 2-4, Courtyard 2, Entrance 2.1
> 1090 Vienna, Austria
> and
> Adjunct Professor,
> Division of Health and Humanities,
> St. John's Research Institute, <http://www.sjri.res.in/> Bangalore, India.
> Project <http://www.istb.univie.ac.at/caraka/> | home page<http://www.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>|
> HSSA <http://hssa.sayahna.org/> | PGP <http://wujastyk.net/pgp.html>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 17 March 2013 00:35, Ulrich T. Kragh <utkragh at hum.ku.dk> wrote:
>
>>  Dear Indology List,
>> Does there exist a PDF of Benoytosh Bhattacharyya's two-volume edition of
>> the Sadhanamala (1925-1928) in Gaekwad Oriental Series, which can be
>> downloaded online?
>>
>> With best regards,
>> Tim
>>
>> Dr. Ulrich Timme Kragh
>> Research Fellow and Mellon Project Coordinator
>> IIAS, Leiden University
>> The Netherlands
>>
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