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24 May 2012
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The Private EyeThe world’s largest digital social networking system, oh ok, Facebook, to just name names, was recently in a lot of buzz.
24 May 2012
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The Coming Telecom MonopolyThe 2G judgment and Trai spectrum pricing recommendations have led to a policy that makes sense for only one survivor.
24 May 2012
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Letter for Civil Society Involvement in WCITThis page features a letter from academics and civil society groups from around the world to International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré regarding the lack of opportunity for civil society participation in the …
24 May 2012
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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for ApplicationsThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
24 May 2012
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Copyright MadnessPrompted by courts and piracy-fearing businesses, Indian ISPs have taken down popular, legitimate websites. This Op-ed by Lawrence Liang and Achal Prabhala was published in the Indian Express on May 22, 2012.
23 May 2012
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Open letter to Kolaveri Di makers: How Dare You!When it comes to piracy, you are sure to have an opinion. You might either make a virtue out of it, talking about cultural commons and collaborative conditions of production. Or you might vilify it as the social fault-line that is …
23 May 2012
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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four negative ones, and notes the several missed opportunities. The larger concern, …
9 May 2012
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Cancel the SubscriptionIt has been a slow but steady move to make scholarship freely available, writes Prof. Arunachalam in an article published by the Indian Express on May 8, 2012.
2 May 2012
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2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Call for Participation and Save the DateThe Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest will take place in FGV Law School, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from December 15 to 17, 2012. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in …
1 May 2012
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China 3: Build Comprehensive EcosystemsFailures in electricity, transport and broadband have common strands. China's approach offers a possible alternative. Shyam Ponappa's column was published in the Business Standard on April 5, 2012.
1 May 2012
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Arduino Introductory Workshop at CISThe Centre for Internet & Society organised a hands-on-free Arduino workshop in its office on March 3, 2012. Video is now online!
30 Apr 2012
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ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media AccessibilityThe fourth meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) took place at the India International Centre, New Delhi on March 13, 2012. The meeting was held in furtherance to an invitation of the Centre for …
30 Apr 2012
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Chilling Effects and Frozen WordsWhat if the real danger is not that we lose our freedom of speech and expression but our sense of humour as a nation? Lawrence Liang's op-ed was published in the Hindu on April 30, 2012.
27 Apr 2012
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the InternetThe Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched …
26 Apr 2012
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India's Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderismCyber-laws in India are severely flawed, with neither lawyers nor technologists being able to understand them, and the Cyber-Law Group in DEIT being incapable of framing fair, just, and informed laws and policies. Pranesh Prakash suggests …
25 Apr 2012
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The Centre for Internet & Society Joins the Global Network InitiativeThe Global Network Initiative (GNI) is pleased to announce its newest member, the Centre for Internet & Society based in Bangalore, India. A technology policy research institute, CIS brings to GNI in-depth expertise on global Internet …
25 Apr 2012
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Non human intelligence is closer than you think!In one of the research projects that I have been involved in, I was recently a part of a jury, for a contest which required on-line voting. It sounded like a fun thing, giving the participants a chance to bring in their inherited networks …
15 Apr 2012
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The All India Privacy Symposium: Conference ReportPrivacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and Society in Action Group, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Privacy International and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative had organised the All India …
12 Apr 2012
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The High Level Privacy Conclave — Conference ReportPrivacy India, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Society in Action Group, with support from IDRC and Privacy International, have spent 18 months studying the state of privacy in India, and conducting consultations across India in …
11 Apr 2012
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Two Tales of Transparency!In a single week, two global Internet giants announce transparency efforts that have direct implications for privacy and free speech.
10 Apr 2012
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The Idea of the BookIts future lies in a trans-media format that is ever evolving, writes Nishant Shah in an article which was published in the Indian Express on April 8, 2012.
10 Apr 2012
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Sharing in the time of Facebook, or Why I’m not a PirateIt is now over a month that my favourite network has been dead. Library.nu the rare space for sharing of academic resources to a free and open community has succumbed to the pressures of publishing industry stalwarts who, in their quest for …
10 Apr 2012
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions around the world have introduced legislations for limiting intermediary liability …
9 Apr 2012
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Hejje — Together with Kannada & TechnologyTo discover the place of Kannada in the field of information technology, Sanchaya.net organized Hejje in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Vishwakannada.com and Chanda Pustaka on January 22, 2012 in Bangalore. …
4 Apr 2012
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Framing the Digital AlterNativesThey effect social change through social media, place their communities on the global map, and share spiritual connections with the digital world - meet the everyday digital native.
30 Mar 2012
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Open DataCamp — 2012A one-day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and ideas was organised in Bangalore on March 24, 2012. It was organised by the DataMeet group. Pranesh Prakash participated …
30 Mar 2012
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Global Censorship ConferenceThe Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School is holding a conference on global censorship from March 30 to April 1, 2012, at Yale Law School. The programme is sponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law …
30 Mar 2012
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D:Coding Digital NativesNishant Shah was invited for a public talk at the University of California, Los Angeles. He presented the work done on Digital Natives and spoke about questions of participation and resistance. The talk has been featured in the YouTube …
30 Mar 2012
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Convergence India 2012The 20th Convergence India conference, deemed South Asia’s largest international ICT event, took place in the country’s capital from March 21-23, 2012. Featuring a grand exhibition of innovative products and industry players from over 25 …
30 Mar 2012
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An Analysis of the Comments by World Blind Union and the International Publishers AssociationRahul Cherian provides an analysis of the comments by the World Blind Union and the International Publishers Association after the 23rd session of the Standing Committee of Copyright and Related Rights.