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Does India need its own Bayh-Dole?
by Sanchia de Souza published Apr 28, 2009 last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:58 PM — filed under:
Article by Pranesh Prakash, Programme Manager at Centre for Internet and Society in the Indian Express, 24 April 2009
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry Archive and Access: The Archive and the Indian Historian
by Aparna Balachandran published Dec 11, 2008 last modified Aug 23, 2011 04:44 AM — filed under:
This post is the second in a series by Aparna Balachandran and Rochelle Pinto. It comes to the question of how we can extend some of the questions and concerns that have arisen around contemporary archives to the documentary archive. It argues that the conventional understanding of the print archive as a fragile, irreplaceable national cultural legacy is a limited one and tries instead to rethink questions of ownership and access, issues thrown up in sharp relief by the digital archive.
Located in RAW / / Blogs / We, the Cyborgs: Challenges for the Future of being Human
Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st Anniversary
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 04, 2015 last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:09 AM — filed under: , ,
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library will celebrate its first anniversary at the Indian Institute of Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE), Siripur here on Monday.
Located in Openness / News & Media
It's That Eavesdrop Endemic
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Whatsapp Says It’s Snoop-Proof Now, But There’s Always A Way In
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB College, Bhubaneswar
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Nov 19, 2012 last modified Dec 07, 2012 10:40 PM — filed under: , , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society along with Odia Wikipedians in Bhubaneswar organized an Odia Wikipedia workshop on November 18, 2012. It was held in KMBB College of Engineering. Odia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia in Odia language which everyone can edit.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009: A Report
by Sanchia de Souza published Apr 27, 2009 last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under:
Open Access activist Madhan Muthu recently attended the International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009, in company with CIS Distinguished Fellow Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. In this entry, as a guest blogger for CIS, he files a report on the proceedings at the workshop.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry 29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: Statement on the Limitations and Exceptions for Education, Teaching, Research Institutions and Persons with Disabilities
by Nehaa Chaudhari published Dec 20, 2014 — filed under: , ,
At the 29th session of WIPO's SCCR, the Chair, Martin Moscoso, requested NGOs to send in their statements on limitations and exceptions for education, teaching, research institutions and persons with disabilities in writing, to be placed on the record. Nehaa Chaudhari, on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) sent in this written statement.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry India's untapped potential: Are a billion people losing out because of spectrum?
by Shyam Ponappa published Mar 29, 2011 last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:31 AM — filed under: ,
As one of the world’s fastest growing economies and with over 65% of its billion-plus population under 35, India has huge potential. But according to Shyam Ponappa of the Centre for Internet & Society, its spectrum management – the electromagnetic waves that are used from home appliances like microwaves and remote controls, to radios, cell phones, and of course, the internet – could be a huge barrier to the country’s economic and social development.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Access to Knowledge Bulletin — April 2014
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 01, 2014 last modified Jul 04, 2014 05:55 AM
The Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) newsletter for the month of April 2014:
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Blog Entry Sean McDonald - Ebola: A Big Data Disaster
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay published Mar 01, 2016 last modified Apr 21, 2016 09:57 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
We are proud to initiate the CIS Papers series with a fascinating exploration of humanitarian use of big data and its discontents by Sean McDonald, FrontlineSMS, in the context of utilisation of Call Detail Records for public health response during the Ebola crisis in Liberia. The paper highlights the absence of a dialogue around the significant legal risks posed by the collection, use, and international transfer of personally identifiable data and humanitarian information, and the grey areas around assumptions of public good. The paper calls for a critical discussion around the experimental nature of data modeling in emergency response due to mismanagement of information has been largely emphasized to protect the contours of human rights.
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