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Pranesh Prakash
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8 Sep 2009
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World IT Forum 2009At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, and how they have been foisted upon the developing world.
24 Aug 2009
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Fallacies, Lies, and Video PiratesAt a recent conference on counterfeiting and piracy, industry representatives variously pushed for stiffer laws for IP violation, more stringent enforcement of existing IP laws, and championed IP as the most important thing for businesses …
18 Aug 2009
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Letter from Civil Society Organizations to CIIA total of 29 groups and individuals expressed their concern about the drive by CII to introduce TRIPS-plus enforcement standards in India.
18 Aug 2009
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Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP EnforcementThis open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to …
14 Aug 2009
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On the Internet, how much is too much?The Hindu carried a piece on 05/08/2009, discussing the Avinash Kashyap / defamation of the President case.
11 Aug 2009
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IT Act and CommerceThis is a guest post by Rahul Matthan, partner in the law firm Trilegal, and widely regarded as one of the leading experts on information technology law in India. In this post, Mr. Matthan looks at the provisions in the amended Information …
29 Jul 2009
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Primer on the New IT ActWith this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
28 Jul 2009
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Letter to ICANN on NCSGThe Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), instead of accepting the one drafted by the Noncommercial Users …
28 Jul 2009
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Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology ActThe Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan …
7 Jul 2009
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Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-GovernanceThe government is in the process of drafting a national policy on open standards for e-governance. The National Informatics Centre recently released draft version 2 of the policy, and CIS sent in its comments on the draft.
5 Jun 2009
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Consumers International IP Watch List 2009In response to the US Special 301 report, Consumers International brought out an IP Watch List. CIS contributed the India Country Report for the Watch List.
2 Jun 2009
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Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D RegulationsBeing interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property …
25 May 2009
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WIPO Broadcast Treaty and WebcastingOn Friday, 8 May 2009, at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting held a stakeholders' briefing meeting on the Broadcast Treaty that has been on the table at the World Intellectual Property Organisation …
30 Mar 2009
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RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityThe Centre for Internet and Society filed an RTI application to Visvesvaraya Technological University asking it to provide details about its curriculum design, and its tie-ups with various software vendors.
13 Dec 2008
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Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi ChoudharyThe Software Freedom Law Center, National Law School, and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a lecture by Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen for students of NLS on Saturday, December 13, 2008.
8 Dec 2008
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Workshop on Reforming the International ICT Standardization SystemOn Day 4, the last day, of the Internet Governance Forum, a workshop was conducted by the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards on the reforming the international ICT standardisation system. The panellists were Bob Jolliffe of Freedom to …
8 Dec 2008
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Report on Open Standards for GISW2008In this report, Sunil Abraham lays out the importance and the policy implications of Open Standards.
6 Dec 2008
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DCOS Agreement on ProcurementOn December 6, 2008, at the closing of the third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS), of which the Centre for Internet and Society is a member, released an agreement entitled the …
3 Nov 2008
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Visually impaired seek access to print materialsAn article in the Deccan Herald (November 3, 2008, page 4) by L. Subramani on the CIS signature campaign.
5 Oct 2008
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Software patenting will harm industry, consumerReport by Deepa Kurup in The Hindu dated 5th October 2008 as follow-up to the national meeting on software patents.
4 Oct 2008
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The National Public Meeting on Software PatentsOn Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Centre for Internet and Society, with the support of eighteen other organization, held a meeting on the National Public Meeting on Software Patents in the United Theological College campus. The aim of the …