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27 May 2014
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GLAM in India: 10 tips for successful GLAM projectsGLAM initiatives work as a gateway to unleash knowledge, decode archived documentation to build modern wonders and also educate people about their past cultural and scientific journey.
27 May 2014
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FOEX Live: May 26-27, 2014A selection of news from across India implicating online freedom of expression and use of digital technology
27 May 2014
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CIS Signs MoU with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara CollegeThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College on April 21, 2014. On behalf of CIS, Dr. U.B.Pavanaja signed the MoU.
26 May 2014
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Binary Code Invades the Universal ProblematicThis essay looks at language as an archive and posits, through a reading of Foucault, Derrida, Saussure and Jakobson that the means of perceiving language in the digital has changed. Communication requires community and the large networks …
22 May 2014
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Open House with George Abraham: Mainstreaming Persons with DisabilitiesCIS collaborated with Ashoka India to host ‘Open House with George Abraham’ – an open discussion on inclusion of persons with disabilities in mainstream society on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Ashoka premises.
20 May 2014
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Legislating for Privacy - Part IIApart from the conflation of commercial data protection and privacy, the right to privacy bill has ill-informed and poorly drafted provisions to regulate surveillance.
18 May 2014
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Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution – III: Conceptions of Free Speech and DemocracyIn this 3 part series, Gautam Bhatia explores the concept of net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
16 May 2014
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Community led Konkani Wikipedia OutreachGoa University students organised the first ever community led Konkani Wikipedia outreach on May 14, 2014. Fifteen first year M.A. students from Konkani Department participated in the six hour long workshop.
15 May 2014
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Summary of Judgements on Disability RightsThe following are some of the landmark judgments given by the Supreme Court and some of the high courts in India on disability rights.
14 May 2014
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European Court of Justice rules Internet Search Engine Operator responsible for Processing Personal Data Published by Third PartiesThe Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that an "an internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on web pages published by third parties.” The decision adds …
12 May 2014
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The Road to Financial InclusionIt is increasingly frustrating to hear about wonderful steps being taken for financial inclusion within the private sector which completely ignores the question of inclusion of persons with disabilities.
10 May 2014
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Net Freedom Campaign Loses its WayA recent global meet was a victory for governments and the private sector over civil society interests.
6 May 2014
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Networks: What You Don’t See is What You (for)GetWhen I start thinking about DML (digital media and learning) and other such “networks” that I am plugged into, I often get a little confused about what to call them.
6 May 2014
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Filtering content on the internet2 May 2014
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France, Greece, India and the European Union Sign the Marrakesh TreatyOn April 30, 2014, on Day 3 of the 27th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, a Signing Ceremony was conducted for member states wishing to sign the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to books and other …
2 May 2014
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CIS Statement (on Technological Measures of Protection) at 27th SCCR on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and ArchivesThe 27th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from April 28, 2014 to May 2, 2014. Nehaa Chaudhari, on behalf of CIS made the following statement on May 2, 2014.
2 May 2014
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Books and More are Relicensed to Creative CommonsThis blog post is cross-posted from Opensource.com. It was published on May 2, 2014.
1 May 2014
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CIS Statement (on Orphan Works, Retracted and Withdrawn Works, and Works out of Commerce) at 27th SCCR on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and ArchivesThe 27th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from April 28, 2014 to May 2, 2014. Nehaa Chaudhari, on behalf of CIS made the following statement on May 1, 2014.
1 May 2014
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An Infrastructure Road MapWhat should and should not be done by a new government in this crucial sector.
30 Apr 2014
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Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 27We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 27th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from April 28, 2014 to May 2, 2014.
30 Apr 2014
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Report on the WIPO Director General’s Meeting with NGO’sThe Director General’s meeting with NGO’s was held on March 25, 2014. This is an annual meeting where accredited NGO’s have an opportunity to have a one on one discussion with the Director General on issues that concern them.
30 Apr 2014
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Reaping the Benefits of GamificationAs a part of the Making Change blog-post series, in this post we will identify a new technique: gamification. This technique is being used for sustainable environment conservation by modern day change-makers. We interview two out of three …
30 Apr 2014
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Polling PainsWhile there has been a lot of outrage and furore over the dropping of names of eligible and previously registered persons from voter's lists across the Country, what hasn't received a lot of coverage is the large scale apathy towards the …
30 Apr 2014
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From Taboo to Beautiful - MenstrupediaOn this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind …
30 Apr 2014
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CIS Statement at 27th SCCR on the WIPO Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting OrganizationsThe 27th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from April 28, 2014 to May 2, 2014. Nehaa Chaudhari, on behalf of CIS made the following statement on April 29, 2014.
29 Apr 2014
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The Embodiment of the Right to Privacy within Domestic LegislationThe Right to Privacy is a pivotal construct, essential to the actualization of justice, fairness and equity within any democratic society. It is an instrument used to secure the boundaries of an individual’s personal space, in his …
29 Apr 2014
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Report on the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on TrademarksPuneeth Nagraj reports about the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) that he attended.
29 Apr 2014
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Net Neutrality, Free Speech and the Indian Constitution - IIIn this 3 part series, Gautam Bhatia explores the concept of net neutrality in the context of Indian law and the Indian Constitution.
27 Apr 2014
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Central Government SchemesThe various central government schemes are compiled in this blog post. This research was done by the Centre for Law and Policy Research and Anandhi Viswanathan.
26 Apr 2014
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14 Odia books re-released under Creative Commons licenseThis blog entry by Subhashish Panigrahi (originally published in Wikimedia Foundation's Blog) was edited and re-published by Rohini Lakshane in DNA on April 26, 2014.