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8 Dec 2012
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Marathi Wiki Workshop at Tata Institute of Social SciencesThe Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is taking up a number of activities and conducting workshops focusing on Indian languages across cities. A series of workshops in …
5 Dec 2012
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Online Censorship: How Government should Approach Regulation of SpeechWhy is there a constant brouhaha in India about online censorship? What must be done to address this?
3 Dec 2012
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Transcripts from WCIT-12We are archiving copies of the live-transcripts from the World Conference on International Telecommunications, 2012 (WCIT-12) which is being held in Dubai from 3–14 December, 2012.
3 Dec 2012
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Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000: CasesIn this blog post Snehashish Ghosh summarizes the facts of a few cases where Section 66-A, Information Technology Act, 2000, has been mentioned or discussed.
3 Dec 2012
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Comments on the Proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 Concerning Radio Frequency Identification TagsThe Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments on the proposed Rule 138A of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The comments were made in response to Notification GSR 738(E) published in the Gazette of India on October 3, 2012.
2 Dec 2012
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So Much to LoseUnless you have been hiding under a rock, you have been a witness to the maelstrom of events that accompanied the death of the political leader Bal Thackeray.
30 Nov 2012
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Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!Recently, Access to Knowledge team member Subhashish Panigrahi spent some time with wikipedians in Kolkata. Through this blog post he shares his experience and learning from the interaction. This post explores the journey of three …
30 Nov 2012
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Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future"Multimodal interfaces maybe re-engineered much more easily now and can transform the ways in which the physically,cognitively and sensorially disabled can access information and interact with the digital world", says Sharath Chandra Ram.
30 Nov 2012
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First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled OutOdia Wikipedians gathered at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012 to start the first Odia Wikipedia Education Program. This program aims to bring students edit articles on Odia Wikipedia through a …
30 Nov 2012
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Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERIOn October 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) organised a one-day workshop on exploring the internals of mobile technologies at the TERI Southern Regional Centre in Bangalore. The workshop received more than 140 registrants, …
29 Nov 2012
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Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and ArchivesThis November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to copyrighted materials to visually impaired persons. In between these discussions, the …
28 Nov 2012
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Fixing India’s anarchic IT ActSection 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an offence can attract a prison sentence of as many as three years.
26 Nov 2012
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Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)The Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet and Society has made the following comments on the draft policy document.
25 Nov 2012
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Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT ActSection 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held by lawyers and legal academics to be unconstitutional. In this post Pranesh …
24 Nov 2012
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Folly of Mandating Spectrum AuctionsThe recent failure of the 2G spectrum auctions has brought to the fore serious questions on auctions being the only mode for allocation of spectrum.
24 Nov 2012
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Draft nonsenseSeriously flawed and dodgily drafted provisions in the IT Act provide the state a stick to beat its citizens with.
23 Nov 2012
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Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!As a part of the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace research project, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is researching 12 mobile phone devices to generate a better understanding of the intellectual property …
22 Nov 2012
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Wikipedia Women's Workshop in MumbaiThe Wiki Women Workshop was organized at the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala in Mumbai on November 4, 2012. It was attended by over 60 women participants who were taught how to contribute to Wikipedia articles and briefed about …
21 Nov 2012
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DoT Blocks Domain Sites — But Reasons and Authority UnclearEarlier this year, ISPs such as Airtel and MTNL blocked a number of domain sites including BuyDomains, Fabulous Domains and Sedo.co.uk. Whereas the Indian Government and courts have previously issued orders blocking websites, these actions …
20 Nov 2012
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Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 25We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 25th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from November 19, 2012 to November 23, 2012.
19 Nov 2012
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Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder PerspectivePranesh Prakash made a presentation at the India Internet Governance Conference (IIGC) held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on October 4 and 5, 2012. The event was organised by the Ministry of Communications & …
19 Nov 2012
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Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy!A new app is up for typing in Indic languages from mobile phones. This is is available online at: http://bitly.com/indictyping and supports on iOS. Android version is to be released soon.
19 Nov 2012
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Report on Wikipedia Hackathon held in HyderabadBITS Hyderabad had a tech fest from October 25 to 27, 2012, and wanted to conduct a technical wiki hackathon. We decided to do it on October 26 — all night.
19 Nov 2012
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Open Government Platform: An Open Source Solution to Democratizing Access to Information and Energizing Civic EngagementIf government could release these datasets in open format for people to use & reuse, a whole lot of new innovative apps could be built around these datasets to provide better, customized services to citizens.
19 Nov 2012
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Odia Wikipedia Gets a New Typing Solution!Subhashish Panigrahi worked with Yuvi Panda to create a new typing scheme for Odia Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This blog post gives a summary of this development and its outcome.
19 Nov 2012
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Follow up to Wikipedia Introductory Session at Bharati Vidyapeeth — More Interested and More Involved ParticipantsA Wikipedia introductory session was organised at Bharati Vidyapeeth Engineering College in Delhi early this year and a follow up session was organised by CIS on November 19, 2012. About 12 to 15 participants attended the follow up session. …
19 Nov 2012
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Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's DeathTwo girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
19 Nov 2012
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An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB College, BhubaneswarThe Centre for Internet and Society along with Odia Wikipedians in Bhubaneswar organized an Odia Wikipedia workshop on November 18, 2012. It was held in KMBB College of Engineering. Odia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia in Odia language …
18 Nov 2012
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Alt needs to ShiftPeople maybe talking more online, but they all seem to be talking about the same kind of thing.
16 Nov 2012
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Statement of Civil Society Members and Groups Participating in the "Best Bits" pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the signatories for this submission made to the ITU on November 16, 2012.