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31 Aug 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. …
31 Aug 2013
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India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent PoolsIn this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author …
30 Aug 2013
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Report on the Sixth Privacy Roundtable Meeting, New DelhiIn 2013 the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) drafted the Privacy Protection Bill as a citizens' version of a privacy legislation for India. Since April 2013, CIS has been holding Privacy Roundtables in collaboration with Federation of …
30 Aug 2013
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Indian government to bar politicians from using Gmail for official businessUS-based email services seen as too risky.
29 Aug 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Manipur Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Manipur.
28 Aug 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Assam Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Assam.
27 Aug 2013
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Voices from Goa: Rusita Paryekar, a MA student writes articles on Konkani WikipediaRusita Paryekar is one of the 38 students from the MA Konkani department of Goa University gathered at the State Central Library to learn writing and editing articles on Konkani Wikipedia. Currently Konkani Wikipedia is in incubation and …
27 Aug 2013
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Voices from Goa: Frania Pereira tells Why She Writes Articles on Konkani WikipediaKonkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. …
27 Aug 2013
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An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at SambalpurA training workshop for Odia Wikipedians was held in Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur on July 26 and 27, 2013. The workshop was organized by Odia Wikipedian Gorvachove Pothal, with financial support from CIS-A2K …
25 Aug 2013
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Out of the BedroomWe have shared it with our friends. We have watched it with our lovers. We have discussed it with our children and talked about it with our partners. It is in our bedrooms, hidden in sock drawers. It is in our laptops, in a folder marked …
21 Aug 2013
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Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy LawsMore surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
21 Aug 2013
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Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public DomainEach of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
19 Aug 2013
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Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong KongThe 7th, 8th and 9th of August 2013 saw over 600 Wikipedians across the world participating Wikimania at Hong Kong. The three day annual international conference for users and contributors of Wikipedia brought many debates about open …
14 Aug 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at KrishnarajapetOn Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report …
13 Aug 2013
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FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless MetadataIn this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
13 Aug 2013
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in MysoreOn Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and …
12 Aug 2013
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Banking and Accessibility in India: A Report by CISThe report gives an analysis of banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India. Besides a detailed look at the legal provisions and guidelines on banking and technology, the report also provides a view on different …
10 Aug 2013
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Breaking into the Closed Circle: Domestic High-Tech Manufacturing Needs Access To MarketsThe deferral of India's preferential market access (PMA) policy for locally manufactured high-tech products indicates some lack of clarity and/or confusion in the government.
9 Aug 2013
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Institute on Internet & Society: Event ReportThe Institute on Internet and Society organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) with grant supported by the Ford Foundation took place from June 8 to 14, 2013 at the Golden Palms Resort in Bangalore.
8 Aug 2013
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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United …
7 Aug 2013
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Ethical Issues in Open DataOn August 1, 2013, I took part in a web meeting, organized and hosted by Tim Davies of the World Wide Web foundation. The meeting, titled “Ethical issues in Open Data,” had an agenda focused around privacy considerations in the context of …
7 Aug 2013
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Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court …
5 Aug 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 9) - Saikat DattaCIS interviews Saikat Datta, Resident Editor of DNA, Delhi, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
5 Aug 2013
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A Telegu Wiki Meetup @ CISTelugu Wikipedians had their monthly meetup at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore on Saturday, July 13, 2013, 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
5 Aug 2013
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'Ethical Hacker' Saket Modi Calls for Stronger Cyber Security DiscussionsTwenty-two year old Saket Modi is the CEO and co-founder of Lucideus, a leading cyber security company in India which claims to have worked with 4 out of 5 top global e-commerce companies, 4 out of 10 top IT companies in the world, and 3 …
2 Aug 2013
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Theorizing the Digital SubalternAs digital humanities research at CIS proceeds, a number of critical positions have arisen, making it possible to reconcile questions of humanities with the digital realm. This blog entry focusses on race as a factor of research and how it …
1 Aug 2013
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Open Access Dialogues - Report and Policy RecommendationsThe Open Access Dialogues were a series of global electronic debates facilitated by Eve Gray and Kelsey Wiens, in partnership with The African Commons Project (South Africa) and the Centre for Internet and Society (India), during November …
1 Aug 2013
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Digital Humanities Talk at CISIn an attempt to contextualize the digital humanities work within the CIS network of projects, Sara Morais held a talk on the advantages and problems in doing digital humanities work. Following is the transcript of the talk with a video of …
31 Jul 2013
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The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’There has long been speculation over the permanency of our online presence. Posting about excessively-personal details, commenting in a way which is later embarrassing, being caught in unflattering public photos; to our chagrin, all of …
31 Jul 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Uttarakhand Chapter (Call for Comments)The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Uttarakhand.