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9 Sep 2017
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RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), 2015The Centre for Internet and Society filed this request under the Right to Information Act in 2015 as part of research for the paper: Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and …
8 Sep 2017
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Revamp Telecom Sector & Revive The EconomyShare infrastructure and spectrum, and adopt revenue-sharing for growth. There’s little doubt our economy is facing a slough of problems, including misdirection and loss of momentum.
5 Sep 2017
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Praja - Enhancing Democracy Through Access to Open Data: What Are the Roles of Government and Civil Society? (Delhi, Sep 08)Open Government Data (OGD) is widely seen to be a key hallmark of contemporary democratic practice and is often linked to the passing of freedom of information legislation. OGD is a philosophy—and increasingly a set of policies—that …
5 Sep 2017
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MediaNama - #NAMAprivacy: The Future of User Data (Delhi, Sep 6)MediaNama is hosting a full day conference on "the future of user data in India", on the 6th of September 2017, which is particularly significant given the recent Supreme Court ruling on the fundamental right to privacy, and two government …
4 Sep 2017
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The Digital Humanities from Father Busa to Edward SnowdenWhat do Edward Snowden, the whistle-blower behind the NSA surveillance revelations, and Father Roberto Busa, an Italian Jesuit, who worked for almost his entire life on Saint Thomas Aquinas, have in common? The simple answer would be: the …
28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017
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CIS Statement on Right to Privacy JudgmentIn an emphatic endorsement of the right to privacy, a nine judge constitutional bench unanimously upheld a fundamental right to privacy. The events leading to this bench began during the hearings in the ongoing Aadhaar case, when in August …
27 Aug 2017
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Digital native: You are not aloneAway from the guidance of adults, the internet can be a lonely place for youngsters, pushing them towards self-harm.
22 Aug 2017
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Infographic: The Impending Right to Privacy JudgmentThe ruling will be important not just for the immediate Aadhaar case but also numerous other matters to do with state intrusions, decisional autonomy and informational privacy.
21 Aug 2017
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Here’s why we need a lot more discussion on India’s new DNA Profiling BillThe DNA Profiling Bill 2017 is still missing a number of safeguards that would enable individual rights. The implications of creating regional and national level DNA databanks need to be fully understood and publicly debated.
17 Aug 2017
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Dataset for "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance"Dataset of the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of 4,916 valid Statements of Working (Form 27) corresponding to 3,126 patents pertaining to mobile technology in India. Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.
10 Aug 2017
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Wikipedia Workshop on Template Creation and Modification Conducted in BengaluruA Wikipedia workshop on template creation, modification was conducted in Bengaluru on 30 July 2017. Here is a report.
7 Aug 2017
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Privacy is not a unidimensional conceptRight to privacy is important not only for our negotiations with the information age but also to counter the transgressions of a welfare state. A robust right to privacy is essential for all citizens in India to defend their individual …
4 Aug 2017
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Should an Inability to Precisely Define Privacy Render It Untenable as a Right?The judges may still be able to articulate the manner in which limits for a right to privacy may be arrived at, without explicitly specifying them.
4 Aug 2017
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High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017This blog post seeks to provide a high level comparison of the 2017 and 2015 DNA Profiling Bill - calling out positive changes, remaining issues, and missing provisions.
3 Aug 2017
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A New Telecom Policy That WorksA sound NTP-2018 requires sustainable, integrated policies that address our realities.
1 Aug 2017
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RCEP IP Chapter: A Serious Threat to Access to Knowledge/ Cultural Goods?Negotiators from sixteen countries are currently meeting in Hyderabad for discussing a free trade agreement titled Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
1 Aug 2017
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Marathi Wikipedia Workshop in Sangli, MaharashtraA Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently held in Sangli, Maharashtra
1 Aug 2017
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CIS-A2K Co-Facilitates Punjabi Wikimedians Wikimedia Strategy MeetingOn 15 July 2017, Punjabi Wikimedia User Group, conducted Punjabi Wikimedia Strategy Meeting at Patiala. CIS-A2K members Tanveer Hasan and Tito Dutta attended the event as co-facilitator and resource person. The event was followed by a …
30 Jul 2017
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Digital native: Ever on the goIt is time to insist that the infrastructure of digital India is accompanied by the infrastructure of care for the digital Indian.When the telephone was first introduced as a mass communication tool, one of the biggest fears was that it …
24 Jul 2017
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Telugu Wikisource WorkshopRecently, a Telugu Wikisource Workshop was conducted in Hyderabad between 22- 23 July, 2017
23 Jul 2017
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Aadhar: Privacy is not a unidimensional conceptRight to privacy is important not only for our negotiations with the information age but also to counter the transgressions of a welfare state. A robust right to privacy is essential for all Indian citizens to defend their individual …
17 Jul 2017
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Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and ComplianceIndia requires every patentee to file an annual statement, also known as “Form 27”, describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. If a patent is not locally worked within three years of its issuance, any person may request a …
16 Jul 2017
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Digital native: Not only wordsEmoticons, or if you prefer the original Japanese word emojis, are everywhere. We are used to emoticons in all shapes and sizes — from animated gifs jumping out at us on our social media feed to yellow-faced smileys that we use to add tone …
14 Jul 2017
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Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in IndiaOn 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally came to an end when the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization (IRRO) challenging an earlier judgment of …
10 Jul 2017
7 Jul 2017
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Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation ReportChrist University faculty were given an orientation for the upcoming year on the Wikipedia Education Program
5 Jul 2017
4 Jul 2017
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Data Protection: Understanding the General Data Protection RegulationAs recently as May 27, 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679) (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) was adopted. The Data Protection Directive (1995/46/EC) (hereinafter referred to as DPD) will be replaced by …
3 Jul 2017
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Why GST Is A Step Backward For The DisabledImposing taxes on assistive devices is unfair. The countdown has begun to the implementation of the GST in India. Over the past month, discussions about the GST have dominated the scene with several groups protesting in strong measure about …