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31 Aug 2010
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Cybercrime and PrivacyElonnai Hickok examines privacy in the context of India’s legal provisions on cybercrime. She picks up the relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act as amended in 2008 dealing with cyber crimes and provides a fair analysis of …
31 Aug 2010
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Beyond Access as InclusionOn 13 September, the day before the fifth Internet Governance Forum opens, CIS is coorganising in Vilnius a meeting on Internet governance and human rights. One of the main aims of this meeting is to call attention to the crucial, yet in …
28 Aug 2010
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Privacy and the Indian Copyright ActIndia's Copyright Act was established in 1957, and is in the process of being placed before the Parliament in 2010. The provisions in the proposed Bill will work to make the Act WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) compliant. When looking at privacy …
27 Aug 2010
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Summary of UID Public Meeting, August 25 2010A summary of the "No UID" public meeting that took place on Aug. 25th at the Constitution Club, New Dehli.
26 Aug 2010
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No UID Campaign in New Delhi - A ReportThe Unique Identification (UID) Bill is not pro-citizen. The scheme is deeply undemocratic, expensive and fraught with unforseen consequences. A public meeting on UID was held at the Constitution Club, Rafi Marg in New Delhi on 25 August, …
25 Aug 2010
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Wherever you are, whatever you doFacebook recently launched a location-based service called Places. Privacy advocates are resenting to this new development. Sunil Abraham identifies the three prime reasons for this outcry against Facebook. The article was published in the …
25 Aug 2010
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Attentional Capital in Online Gaming : The Currency of SurvivalThis blog post by Arun Menon discusses the concepts of production, labour and race in virtual worlds and their influence on the production of attention as a currency. An attempt is made to locate attentional capital, attentional …
24 Aug 2010
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The Bilski Case - Impact on Software PatentsThe Supreme Court of the United States gave its decision in Bilski v Kappos on 28 June, 2010. In this case the petitioners’ patent application sought protection for a claimed invention that explains how commodities buyers and sellers in the …
24 Aug 2010
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First Post-Bilski Decision - Software Patent RejectedIn the first decision post-Bilski, the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) rejected a software patent claimed by Hewlett-Packard. The ruling in this case has buttressed the fact that the Bilski decision furthered the cause of …
20 Aug 2010
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Privacy and the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as Amended in 2010In this post the author examines the issue of privacy in light of the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as amended by the Copyright Amendment Bill in 2010. Four key questions are examined in detail and the author gives suitable recommendations for …
20 Aug 2010
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Political is as Political doesThe Talking Back workshop has been an extraordinary experience for me. The questions that I posed for others attending the workshop have hounded me as they went through the course of discussion, analysis and dissection. Strange nuances have …
18 Aug 2010
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'Containing Inflation' - A mythWe need problem-solving, not confused rhetoric or misguided action, says Shyam Ponappa. The article was published in Business Standard on 7 August, 2008.
17 Aug 2010
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Digital Natives : Talking BackOne of the most significant transitions in the landscape of social and political movements, is how younger users of technology, in their interaction with new and innovative technologised platforms have taken up responsibility to respond to …
13 Aug 2010
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Does the Government want to enter our homes?When rogue politicians and bureaucrats are granted unrestricted access to information then the very future of democracy and free media will be in jeopardy. In an article published in the Pune Mirror on 10 August, 2010, Sunil Abraham …
11 Aug 2010
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UID Project in India - Some Possible RamificationsHaving a standard for decentralized ID verification rather than a centralized database that would more often than not be misused by various authorities will solve ID problems, writes Liliyan in this blog entry. These blog posts to be …
10 Aug 2010
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Open Access to Science and Scholarship - Why and What Should We Do?The National Institute of Advanced Studies held the eighth NIAS-DST training programme on “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Science, Technology and Society” from 26 July to 7 August, 2010. The theme of the project was ‘Knowledge …
9 Aug 2010
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Access to Knowledge: Barriers and Solutions for Persons with Disabilities in IndiaConsumers International, Kuala Lumpur and Consumers Association of India in association with Madras Library Association organised a seminar on Access to Knowledge on 31st July, 2010 at the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Auditorium in Guindy, …
5 Aug 2010
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Civil Liberties and the amended Information Technology Act, 2000This post examines certain limitations of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended in 2008). Malavika Jayaram points out the fact that when most countries of the world are adopting plain English instead of the conventional legal …
30 Jul 2010
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Feedback to the NIA BillMalavika Jayaram and Elonnai Hickok introduce the formal submission of CIS to the proposed National Identification Authority of India (NIA) Bill, 2010, which would give every resident a unique identity. The submissions contain the detailed …
30 Jul 2010
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Beyond the Digital: Understanding Digital Natives with a CauseDigital natives with a cause: the future of activism or slacktivism? Maesy Angelina argues that the debate is premature given the obscured understanding on youth digital activism and contends that an effort to understand this from the …
28 Jul 2010
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Civic Hacking WorkshopCIS, with the UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for Digital Engagement, and Google India, is organizing a workshop on open data (or the lack thereof) and 'civic hacking'.
22 Jul 2010
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The Attention Economy - A Brief IntroductionThis post examines attention economy as a brief prelude to a paper and monograph to be published on it. It examines the current theses on attention economy and a few approaches to reading attention economy in gaming besides foregrounding …
22 Jul 2010
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NMEICT Funds Book Conversion Project for the Print DisabledIIT, Kharagpur, Daisy Forum of India, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Internet and Society have joined hands to undertake a project for the print disabled. The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication …
21 Jul 2010
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The Making of an Asian CityNishant Shah attended the conference on 'Pluralism in Asia: Asserting Transnational Identities, Politics, and Perspectives' organised by the Asia Scholarship Foundation, in Bangkok, where he presented the final paper based on his work in …
21 Jul 2010
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Internet, Society and Space in Indian City: First ReportThis is the first report on the progress of the research on Internet, Society and Space in Indian City. The post is a collection of some of the initial focus of these studies. I have started simultaneously exploring and testing various …
18 Jul 2010
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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010CIS analyses the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from a public interest perspective to sift the good from the bad, and importantly to point out what crucial amendments should be considered but have not been so far.
15 Jul 2010
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Open Access to International Agricultural ResearchOpen access advocates have urged the top management of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research to give open access to its research publications. A report by Subbiah Arunachalam on 3 June, 2010 was also circulated to …
13 Jul 2010
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A Guide to Key IPR Provisions of the Proposed India-European Union Free Trade AgreementThe Centre for Internet and Society presents a guide for policymakers and other stakeholders to the latest draft of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, which likely will be concluded by the end of the year and may hold serious …
7 Jul 2010
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Catching up on broadbandThe govt can invest some of the Rs 1,00,000 crore from the spectrum auctions to help India catch up on broadband, says Shyam Ponappa in his latest article published in the Business Standard on July 1, 2010.
30 Jun 2010
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Right to Read: Campaign UpdatesA nationwide campaign on Right to Read was co-organised by CIS along with the Daisy Forum of India and Inclusive planet to highlight the lack of content in accessible formats and accelerate change in the provisions of the Indian Copyright …