Topic
Piracy
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25 Mar 2021
5 Feb 2014
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Can Judges Order ISPs to Block Websites for Copyright Infringement? (Part 2)In a three-part study, Ananth Padmanabhan examines the "John Doe" orders that courts have passed against ISPs, which entertainment companies have used to block dozens, if not hundreds, of websites. In this, the second part, he looks at the …
30 Jan 2014
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Can Judges Order ISPs to Block Websites for Copyright Infringement? (Part 1)In a three-part study, Ananth Padmanabhan examines the "John Doe" orders that courts have passed against ISPs, which entertainment companies have used to block dozens, if not hundreds, of websites. In this part, he looks at the theory …
17 Sep 2012
News
Entertainment industry and Internet piracy in focusThe first-of-its-kind initiative by the anti-piracy cell of the Kerala Police to register cases against 1,010 Internet users for uploading or downloading the Malayalam film Bachelor Party has sparked a debate between social media experts …
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, …
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.
1 Dec 2011
Blog post
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 …
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 …
14 May 2010
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The 2010 Special 301 Report Is More of the Same, Slightly Less ShrillPranesh Prakash examines the numerous flaws in the Special 301 from the Indian perspective, to come to the conclusion that the Indian government should openly refuse to acknowledge such a flawed report. He notes that the Consumers …
22 Jan 2010
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Piracy Studies in IndiaThe word ‘piracy’ assumes negative connotations. In the imagination of an ordinary middle class urban Indian it is linked directly to the informal economy, crime and even terrorism. But the ‘pirated good’, that is, the ‘optical disc’ is not …
22 Jan 2010
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Enforcement of Anti-piracy Laws by the Indian Entertainment IndustryThis brief note by Siddharth Chadha seeks to map out the key actors in enforcement of copyright laws. These bodies not only investigate cases of infringement and piracy relating to the entertainment industry, but tie up with the police and …
29 Oct 2009
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At the end of the niche optical pirateIn this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market.
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
Blog post
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.
21 May 2009
Blog post
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 …
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.
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
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 …