Topic
Intellectual Property Rights
198 items.
18 Aug 2009
News
Letter from Civil Society Organizations to CIIA total of 29 groups and individuals expressed their concern about the drive by CII to introduce TRIPS-plus enforcement standards in India.
18 Aug 2009
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Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP EnforcementThis open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to …
16 Aug 2009
News
Piracy Boils Down to ConvenienceCommercial Piracy is on the rise. But how big a role does money have to play in the piracy game was the question we asked those seated on either side of the proverbial fence.
30 Jul 2009
Blog post
Response to the Call from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Review of the Copyright ActThis blog entry contains a letter sent by Rahul Cherian of Indojuris and Nirmita Narsimhan of the Centre for Internet and Society in response to a call from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for review of the …
28 Jul 2009
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Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology ActThe Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan …
15 Jun 2009
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Emerging Bit Torrent Trends in IndiaInternet has been a revelation ever since its introduction. The writer in this blog examines how the progress made by Internet based technologies could never be reversed.
5 Jun 2009
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Consumers International IP Watch List 2009In response to the US Special 301 report, Consumers International brought out an IP Watch List. CIS contributed the India Country Report for the Watch List.
2 Jun 2009
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Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D RegulationsBeing interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property …
25 May 2009
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WIPO Broadcast Treaty and WebcastingOn Friday, 8 May 2009, at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting held a stakeholders' briefing meeting on the Broadcast Treaty that has been on the table at the World Intellectual Property Organisation …
21 May 2009
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The Dark Fibre Files: 'Steal This Film' and the Pirate Bay TrialIn this posting, the fifth blog entry on the making of the film 'Dark Fibre' by Jamie King and Peter Mann, Siddharth Chadha discusses the Swedish trial of the Pirate Bay, which brought up some of the debates on intellectual property rights …
21 May 2009
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Seminar on Exceptions and Limitations in CopyrightThis is a report on a seminar organised by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, and Government of India on 14 and 15 May 2009, in Kochi, Kerala, to look at exceptions and limitations in copyright. …
11 May 2009
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The 'Dark Fibre' Files: Cable TV Technology for DummiesIn the fourth entry documenting the making of 'Dark Fibre', a film by Jamie King and Peter Mann, Siddharth Chadha simplifies cable TV technology for the uninitiated.
29 Apr 2009
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The 'Dark Fibre' Files: The Grey Market DeficitIn this, the third entry in his series discussing the making of 'Dark Fibre' by Jamie King and Peter Mann, Siddharth Chadha gives an overview of piracy in the pay TV industry.
28 Apr 2009
News
Does India need its own Bayh-Dole?Article by Pranesh Prakash, Programme Manager at Centre for Internet and Society in the Indian Express, 24 April 2009
28 Apr 2009
Blog post
An Interview With Arjen KamphuisIn an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Dutch open source activist Arjen Kamphuis discussed his experience of successfully working with the government for a policy mandating open standards for all government IT in …
27 Mar 2009
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The 'Dark Fibre' Files: Interview with Jamie King and Peter MannFilm-makers Jamie King (producer/director of the 'Steal This Film' series) and Peter Mann, in conversation with Siddharth Chadha, on 'Dark Fibre', their latest production, being filmed in Bangalore
13 Dec 2008
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Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi ChoudharyThe Software Freedom Law Center, National Law School, and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a lecture by Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen for students of NLS on Saturday, December 13, 2008.
10 Nov 2008
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The Future of the Moving ImageAll dissimilar technologies are the same in their own way, but all similar technologies are uniquely different. This was probably at the core of the zeitgeist at the international seminar on “The Future of Celluloid” hosted by the Media Lab …