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Intellectual Property Rights
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16 Jan 2012
News
Twists and turns of the SOPA operaProposed DNS filtering threatens the core protocol on which the Internet's universality depends, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on 15 January 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
15 Dec 2011
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being SeenThe Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the …
1 Dec 2011
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Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-CounterfeitingThe seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash responded to a presentation by Prof. Pierre Sirinelli of …
1 Dec 2011
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CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on EnforcementThe seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash intervened during the discussion of future work of …
29 Nov 2011
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Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCRThe twenty-third session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from November 22, 2011 to December 2, 2011. Pranesh Prakash delivered this statement on a new proposal made by South Africa and …
3 Nov 2011
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Of Jesters, Clowns and Pranksters: YouTube and the Condition of Collaborative AuthorshipThe idea of a single author creating cinematic objects in a well-controlled scheme of support system and production/distribution infrastructure has been fundamentally challenged by the emergence of digital video sharing sites like YouTube, …
31 Oct 2011
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CIS Comments on the Draft National Policy on ElectronicsThese were the comments submitted by CIS to the request for comments put out by the Department of Information Technology on its draft 'National Policy on Electronics'.
4 Oct 2011
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CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15)CIS and the Third World Network (TWN) conducted a quick analysis of the "Consensus document on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities presented by Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, …
14 Sep 2011
News
Copyrights Amendment Bill to Be Tabled in Indian Parliament – Parallel Import provisions have Been RemovedThis week, the Indian government’s Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) will debate the Copyright Amendments Act.
9 Sep 2011
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Calling Out the BSA on Its BSThe Business Software Alliance (BSA) is trying to pull wool over government officials' eyes by equating software piracy with tax losses. Pranesh Prakash points out how that argument lacks cogency, and that tax losses would be better averted …
2 Sep 2011
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Photocopying the pastThere is no single correct position when it comes to intellectual property or IP. In fact, there are at least five correct positions that you could possibly adopt based on who you are — a pro-creator position, a pro-entrepreneur position, a …
30 Aug 2011
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Govt for Legalising Parallel Import of Copyright Works; Publishers OpposeSection 2(m) legalises the parallel imports of books and other copyrighted material into India and was part of the initial Copyright Amendment Bill introduced in the Parliament of India in 2010.
30 Aug 2011
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Copyright Amendment Bill in ParliamentThe Copyright Amendment Bill is expected to be presented in the Rajya Sabha by the Minister for Human Resource and Development, Kapil Sibal today afternoon. The much awaited Bill (since it has been in the offing since 2006) has undergone …
8 Jul 2011
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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPOThis is a speech made by Pranesh Prakash at an side-event co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Society on intermediary liability, to coincide with the release of Prof. Lillian Edwards's …
22 Jun 2011
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Statement of CIS, India, on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 22nd SCCRThe twenty-second session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from June 15 to June 24, 2011. Nirmita Narasimhan and Pranesh Prakash are attending the conference. CIS delivered its statement, on …
17 Jun 2011
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Putting a Lid on Royalty Outflows — How the RBI can Help Reduce India's IP CostsWhile entrepreneurs, IP rights-holders and everyone else who has a stake continue to voice their opinions on the appropriate shape that the Indian IP regime ought to take, they tend to narrow their discussions to the language of substantive …
5 May 2011
News
Consumers International World Congress - Day 3 roundupConsumers can be empowered, and consumer organisations can make sure this happens through sharing and networking, speakers at the 19th Consumers International World Congress in Hong Kong said. The programme of the Congress finished on …
28 Apr 2011
News
Global IP Convention, 2011The Global IP Convention, 2011 is being held at the Lalit Ashok Hotel in Bangalore from 28 to 30 April 2011.
21 Mar 2011
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Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011)As a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the April 2007 Non-Paper of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, emphasising the need for a signal-based approach to be taken on …
9 Mar 2011
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Pirates, Plagiarisers, PublishersThis article attempts to rescue not by denying the charges of plagiarism, but by charting an alternative trajectory of plagiarism so that each successive instance does not amplify our sense of embarrassment and crisis in the academy. The …
25 Feb 2011
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Exhaustion: Imports, Exports and the Doctrine of First Sale in Indian Copyright LawThis article by Pranesh Prakash was published in the Manupatra Intellectual Property Reports, February 2011, Volume 1, Part 2, pp. 149-160. In this short note, the author argues that Indian courts have fundamentally misunderstood the …
23 Feb 2011
News
2(m) or not 2(m)An article by Nilanjana S Roy was published in the Business Standard on February 19, 2011. In this article Nilanjana Roy explains to us how a copyright amendment might change the way we read, write and publish in India.
16 Feb 2011
2 Feb 2011
News
Digital WrongsProtecting Intellectual Property Rights. This article by Rohin Dharmakumar was published in Forbes India on January 28, 2011.
25 Jan 2011
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Why Parallel Importation of Books Should Be AllowedThere has been much controversy lately with some publishers trying to stop the government from amending s.2(m) of the Indian Copyright Act, clarifying that a parallel import will not be seen as an "infringing copy". This blog post argues …
12 Jan 2011
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New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade AgreementA draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available now for the first time, provides insight into India's response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
16 Dec 2010
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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright AmendmentsThe Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, …
2 Dec 2010
News
Intellectual Property Rights as seen in a graphic novelWhile most engagements with the issue of Intellectual Property Rights take the form of academic papers and scholarly articles, the Centre for Internet and Society is approaching the subject through another medium – an online graphic novel. …
23 Nov 2010
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Statement of CIS on the Work of the Committee in the 21st SCCRThe twenty-first session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was held in Geneva from 8 to 12 November 2010. Nirmita Narasimhan attended the conference and represented the Centre for Internet and Society.
23 Nov 2010
News
‘Piracy is now a mainstream political phenomenon'“Piracy has become a mainstream political phenomenon,” said Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society in the city. The piracy that he was referring to was not the piracy of the high seas but the piracy of …