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23 Nov 2015
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IRC16 - Proposed Session - #DigitaIndiaUnpackedThis is a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 by Deniz Duru Aydin and Amrita Sengupta.
23 Nov 2015
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IRC16 - Proposed Session - #ArchiveAnarchy (Archives, Accessibility, and Social Media)This is a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 by Ranjani M Prasad and Farah Yameen.
23 Nov 2015
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IRC16 - Proposed Session - #AFCinema2.0This is a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC) 2016 by Akriti Rastogi and Ishani Dey.
19 Nov 2015
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A Study of J. Sai Deepak's Comments on Competition Law in IndiaIn his blog, 'The Demanding Mistress', J. Sai Deepak has commented on the competition law in India, using provisions of different acts, case judgments and amendments to these acts. He has also included a comment on India’s patent law. This …
18 Nov 2015
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Ministry Clearances for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015This is to declare and share the clearances received from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs for the organisation of the fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest during December …
18 Nov 2015
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Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document …
17 Nov 2015
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT RoorkeeThis post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIT Roorkee.
16 Nov 2015
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CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF)The CSCS Digital Innovation Fund (CDIF) has been set up by the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to encourage, host, and provide seed funding for the development of digital …
16 Nov 2015
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A Question of Digital HumanitiesAn extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' …
15 Nov 2015
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Design Public Conclave, 6th EditionThe 6th edition of the Design Public Conclave was hosted by Civic Labs, an initiative of the Center for Knowledge Studies, and part of the Vihara Innovation Network, in partnership with Social Innovation Exchange, Okapi, Business World, …
12 Nov 2015
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Digital Humanities in India?An extended survey of digital initiatives in arts and humanities practices in India was undertaken during the last year. Provocatively called 'mapping digital humanities in India', this enquiry began with the term 'digital humanities' …
9 Nov 2015
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Report on use of eSpeak Bengali with NVDANVDA team conducted a training programme at Turnstone Matruchaya, Siligudi, West Bengal from September 7 to 9, 2015. Fourteen delegates attended. Nirmal Verma was the language trainer.
6 Nov 2015
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The Buzz Around TV White SpaceLarge blocks of underused spectrum lie tantalizingly out of reach, waiting for enabling regulation, administration, and to some extent technology, to accelerate our move towards Digital India.
5 Nov 2015
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Breaking Down ICANN Accountability: What It Is and What the Internet Community WantsAt the recent ICANN conference held in Dublin (ICANN54), one issue that was rehashed and extensively deliberated was ICANN's accountability and means to enhance the same. In light of the impending IANA stewardship transition from the NTIA …
31 Oct 2015
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ISO/IEC/ JTC 1/SC 27 Working Groups Meeting, JaipurI attended this event held from October 26 to 30, 2015 in Jaipur.
30 Oct 2015
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Konkani-language books from Konkani-language culture center Mannd Sobhaann to enrich Konkani WikipediaMangalore based cultural centre Maand Sobhaann has recently relicensed 3 of their publications under a free license so that the books could be digitised on Konkani Wikisource and enrich Konkani Wikipedia.
30 Oct 2015
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How India Regulates Encryption28 Oct 2015
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Connected TroubleThe internet of things phenomenon is based on a paradigm shift from thinking of the internet merely as a means to connect individuals, corporations and other institutions to an internet where all devices in (insulin pumps and pacemakers), …
27 Oct 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା (Need for an Odia-language Wikisource)This post is about the Odia library movement and the conventional archival, touch-bases on the problems with dissemination of knowledge with more public domain books that are entering into the "rare and perishing" category, a comparative …
25 Oct 2015
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Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in BhubaneswarOdia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow i.e., 25th October, 2015.
23 Oct 2015
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Do we need a Unified Post Transition IANA?As we stand at the threshold of the IANA Transition, we at CIS find that there has been little discussion on the question of how the transition will manifest. The question we wanted to raise was whether there is any merit in dividing the …
20 Oct 2015
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The 'Global Multistakholder Community' is Neither Global Nor MultistakeholderCIS research shows how Western, male, and industry-driven the IANA transition process actually is.
19 Oct 2015
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A Kannada Wikipedia brochure for newbiesThis brochure has been created keeping readers and new Wikipedia editors in mind. This would come handy to learn editing Kannada Wikipedia and creating/editing articles in Kannada.
18 Oct 2015
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National IPR Policy Series: Quick Observations on the Leaked Draft of the National IPR PolicyEarlier this week, the “Don’t Trade Our Lives Away” blog leaked the supposed final draft of India’s National IPR Policy (“leaked draft”). This article presents quick comments on this leaked draft.
16 Oct 2015
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Crowdsourcing Incidents of Communication Privacy Violation in IndiaIn the context of several ongoing threads of debates and policy discussions, we are initiating this effort to crowdsource incidents of violation of digital/online/telephonic privacy of persons and organisations in India. The full list of …
16 Oct 2015
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Comments on the Zero Draft of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)On 9 October 2015, the Zero Draft of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released. Comments were sought on the Zero Draft from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to …
16 Oct 2015
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CIS Featured in 'Building Expertise to Support Digital Scholarship: A Global Perspective' ReportThis report, authored by Vivian Lewis, Lisa Spiro, Xuemao Wang, and Jon E. Cawthorne, sheds light on the expertise required to support a robust and sustainable digital scholarship (DS) program. It focuses first on defining and describing …
15 Oct 2015
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Peering behind the veil of ICANN's DIDP (II)In a previous blog post, I had introduced the concept of ICANN’s Documentary Information Disclosure Policy (“DIDP”) and their extremely vast grounds for non-disclosure. In this short post, I have made an analysis of every DIDP request that …
15 Oct 2015
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Comparison of National IPR Strategy September 2012, National IPR Strategy July 2014 and Draft National IP Policy, December 2014This is an analysis of the first draft of India's National IPR Policy with an earlier document "India's National IPR Strategy".
14 Oct 2015
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Contestations of Data, ECJ Safe Harbor Ruling and Lessons for IndiaThe European Court of Justice has invalidated a European Commission decision, which had previously concluded that the 'Safe Harbour Privacy Principles' provide adequate protections for European citizens’ privacy rights for the transfer of …