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27 Mar 2013
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CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT RulesThe Centre for Internet and Society welcomes the report by the Standing Committee on Subordinate Legislation, in which it has lambasted the government and has recommended that the government amend the Rules it passed in April 2011 under …
26 Mar 2013
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Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project #1: Visualising Basic ParametersSajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattapadhyay bring you a visualisation of the growth of Indic Wikipedia in this first post on Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project. In doing so, the authors look into the different aspects of the past and present …
25 Mar 2013
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National Resource Kit: The Lakshadweep 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 Lakshadweep.
19 Mar 2013
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Wiki Women's Day in GoaInternational Women's Day (IWD), also called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8, every year. There were a series of Wikipedia events organised this year with the aim of increasing participation of women contributing …
28 Feb 2013
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National Resource Kit : The West Bengal 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 West Bengal.
20 Feb 2013
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Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth AnniversaryOdia Wikipedia saw its first edit on January 29, 2004. After a dormancy of many years it got revived in 2011. To commemorate the effort of many volunteer wikipedians, a celebratory event was organized on January 29, 2013 in Bhubaneswar. …
16 Feb 2013
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Analyzing the Latest List of Blocked URLs by Department of Telecommunications (IIPM Edition)The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in its order dated February 14, 2013 has issued directions to the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block seventy eight URLs. The block order has been issued as a result of a court order. …
12 Feb 2013
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Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network SocietyWe live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They …
28 Jan 2013
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil AbrahamThe 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, …
28 Jan 2013
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Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Amended ITRsThis piece discusses the five major questions that have been the subject of debate after the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT). The politics surrounding the WCIT are not discussed here but it must be kept in …
24 Jan 2013
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Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with DisabilitiesThe Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture on January 23, 2013 seeking remedial action on the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing public libraries …
21 Jan 2013
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Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012I have compiled the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012. As usual, in this report, my aim is to provide my perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various …
11 Jan 2013
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Accessible Broadcasting in IndiaThe abridged version of International Telecommunication Union's "Making Television Accessible" Report which we published last year has been broadened in scope and is now called "Accessible Broadcasting in India" report.
31 Dec 2012
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National Resource Kit : The Kerala 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 Kerala.
19 Dec 2012
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Non Unicode ISCII Text Can be Converted to Unicode Now!Odia Wikipedian Manoj Sahukar has designed a new tool which can convert non Unicode ISCII text to Odia Unicode text. A majority of the digitized text and web content of newspapers and books are in non unicode text which now could be used …
8 Dec 2012
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Not Just Fancy TelevisionNishant Shah reviews Ben Hammersley's book "64 Things You Need to Know for Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear ", published by Hodder & Stoughton
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
31 Oct 2012
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Super Cassettes v. MySpaceThe Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of intermediaries online and disregard all pragmatic considerations involved. The …
22 Oct 2012
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The Supreme Court DeliversNow, the spectrum and licence issues need resolution. On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of India delivered the opinion of a bench comprising five Judges on the Presidential Reference regarding the auction of 2G spectrum.
22 Aug 2012
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Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)Pranesh Prakash does preliminary analysis on a leaked list of the websites blocked from August 18, 2012 till August 21, 2012 by the Indian government.
24 Jul 2012
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Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New LiteraciesNishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.
19 Jul 2012
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Citizen Activism the Past DecadeCall for Contributions to the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause?’ newsletter, ‘Citizen Activism the Past Decade’. Deadline: August 15, 2012.
11 Jul 2012
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Overview and Concerns Regarding the Indian Draft DNA Profiling ActThe Indian Code of Criminal Procedure was amended in 2005 to enable the collection of a host of medical details from accused persons upon their arrest. Section 53 of the Cr.PC provides that upon arrest, an accused person may be subjected to …
20 Jun 2012
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The Bots That Got Some Votes HomeNilofar Ansher gives us some startling updates on the "Digital Natives Video Contest" voting results declared in May 2012, in this blog post.
11 Jun 2012
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Hyper-connected, Hyper-lonely?The Digital Natives newsletter, part of the 'Digital Natives with a Cause?' project, invites contributions to its April-May 2012 double issue.
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, …
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 …