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Extending The Spectrum Of Openness To Include The Moral Right To Share
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 19, 2013
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filed under:
Openness
from the now-there's-a-thought dept.
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News & Media
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FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless Metadata
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Aug 13, 2013
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last modified
Aug 13, 2013 11:30 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Banking and Accessibility in India: A Report by CIS
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Aug 12, 2013
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last modified
Aug 13, 2013 04:00 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Accessibility
The report gives an analysis of banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India. Besides a detailed look at the legal provisions and guidelines on banking and technology, the report also provides a view on different disabilities in relation to banking and accessibility in India and contains case studies and guidelines from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the Netherlands. The report sums up the analysis with suggestions and recommendations to improve banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 10, 2013
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last modified
Sep 05, 2013 10:31 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Hackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.
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News & Media
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India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 08, 2013
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last modified
Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AM
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filed under:
Telegu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Despite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
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News & Media
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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 07, 2013
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filed under:
Openness,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.
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News & Media
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Theorizing the Digital Subaltern
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by
Sara Morais
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published
Aug 02, 2013
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last modified
Aug 06, 2013 07:20 AM
As digital humanities research at CIS proceeds, a number of critical positions have arisen, making it possible to reconcile questions of humanities with the digital realm. This blog entry focusses on race as a factor of research and how it is displayed in the digital.
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RAW
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Open Access Dialogues - Report and Policy Recommendations
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 01, 2013
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last modified
Dec 22, 2015 06:52 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access Dialogues,
Open Access
The Open Access Dialogues were a series of global electronic debates facilitated by Eve Gray and Kelsey Wiens, in partnership with The African Commons Project (South Africa) and the Centre for Internet and Society (India), during November 2012 to March 2013. It was supported by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and was hosted at WSIS Knowledge Communities Discussion Forum.
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Openness
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July 2013 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 31, 2013
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last modified
Aug 21, 2013 09:30 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Digital Humanities,
Openness
Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — June & July 2013
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 30, 2013
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last modified
Oct 04, 2013 10:52 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A2K newsletter for the months of June and July, 2013.
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About Us
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Newsletters