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UNESCO's Open Forum
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:58 AM — filed under:
As UNESCO organized Freedom of Expression related workshops, this Open Forum will be dedicated to other key IGF topics, notably multilingualism in cyberspace, open access to scientific information, open educational resources, and accessibility for marginalized groups. In addition, UNESCO will take this opportunity to announce new initiatives and share experiences with participants. The interactive panel format will start with brief presentations from experts, followed by a moderated discussion with participants.
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A Talk by Charlotte Lapsansky
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 13, 2010 — last modified Apr 22, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under:
Charlotte Lapsansky will give a lecture on the "Mobile Voices project" at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore on Thursday, 16 September 2010.
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What's in a Name? Or Why Clicktivism May Not Be Ruining Left Activism in India, At Least For Now
by Anja Kovacs — published Sep 10, 2010 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 09:25 AM — filed under: , , ,
In a recent piece in the Guardian titled “Clicktivism Is Ruining Leftist Activism”, Micah White expressed severe concern that, in drawing on tactics of advertising and marketing research, digital activism is undermining “the passionate, ideological and total critique of consumer society”. His concerns are certainly shared by some in India: White's piece has been circulating on activist email lists where people noted with concern that e-activism may be replacing “the real thing” even in this country. But is the situation in India really this dire?
Located in RAW / … / Blogs / Revolution 2.0?
Blog Entry Free Access to Law—Is it here to Stay? An Environmental Scan Report
by Rebecca Schild — published Sep 04, 2010 — last modified Mar 20, 2012 06:36 PM — filed under:
The following is a preliminary project report collaboratively collated by the researchers of the "Free Access to Law" research study. This report aims to highlight the trends, as well as the risks and opportunities, for the sustainability of Free Access to Law initiatives in each of the country examined.
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Blog Entry Seminar on Software Patent and the Commons
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 02, 2010 — last modified Oct 23, 2011 02:22 PM — filed under: , ,
A pre-grant opposition has been filed against a software patent application filed in the patent office by Certicom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturers of Blackberry. The opposition was filed on August 31, 2010 by the Software Freedom Law Centre which has recently expanded its operations to India. This exciting development was announced by Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the lines of the seminar on “Software Patents and the Commons” organised on 1 September 2010 in Delhi jointly by SFLC, the Centre for Internet and Society, the Society for Knowledge Commons and Red Hat. Filing more such oppositions to software patents in India was in the pipeline and this is just the beginning of a movement to take on monopolisation of knowledge and ideas through patenting software, the organisers said.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Beyond Access as Inclusion
by Anja Kovacs — published Aug 31, 2010 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:29 AM — filed under: , , ,
On 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 Internet governance often neglected, indivisibility of rights. In this blog post, Anja Kovacs uses this lens to illustrate how it can broaden as well reinvigorate our understanding of what remains one of the most pressing issues in Internet governance in developing countries to this day: that of access to the Internet.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Summary of UID Public Meeting, August 25 2010
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2010 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:28 AM
A summary of the "No UID" public meeting that took place on Aug. 25th at the Constitution Club, New Dehli.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Attentional Capital in Online Gaming : The Currency of Survival
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2010 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 10:46 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This 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 repositories and attention currencies within gaming to examine 'attention currencies and its trade and transactions in virtual worlds. A minimal collection of attention currencies are placed as central and as a pre-requisite for survival in MMOs in much the same way that real currency become a necessity for survival. The approach is to locate attentional capital through different perspectives as well as examine a few concepts around virtual worlds.
Located in RAW / … / Blogs / Gaming and Gold
August 2010 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 25, 2010 — last modified Aug 10, 2012 10:40 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society. We bring you news and media coverage, research and event updates for the month of August 2010
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Blog Entry The Bilski Case - Impact on Software Patents
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 24, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:24 AM — filed under: ,
The 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 energy market can protect, or hedge, against the risk of price changes. The Court in affirming the rejection by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also held that the machine- or-transformation test is not necessarily the sole test of patentability. The Court’s ruling of abstract ideas as unpatentable and its admission that patents do not necessarily promote innovation and may sometimes limit competition and stifle innovation have provided a ray of hope. In the light of the developments, the Bilski decision as far as patentability of software is concerned may not be totally insignificant, says Krithika Dutta Narayana.
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