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Government blocks over 60 websites including github & sourceforge on anti-terror advisory
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Over 60 websites and links, including popular online tools like Github and Sourceforge used by thousands of programmers have been blocked in India, triggering angry protests by Internet users.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Internet users fume as govt blocks 32 sites
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2015
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Social Media,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has ordered Internet service providers to block 32 websites, in cluding popular video-sharing plat forms such as Dailymotion and Vimeo, reportedly over concerns that they are being misused by Islamic State jihadists.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers
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by
Subbiah Arunachalam
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published
Jan 01, 2015
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last modified
Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
A few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions.
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Openness
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Blog
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Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Document 2 Literature Review on Competition Law + IPR + Access to < $100 Mobile Devices
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by
Amulya Purushothama and Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Jan 01, 2015
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last modified
Sep 03, 2015 02:02 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
This note is the second document in the series of Working Documents that I will be creating for my research under the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace (“PT Project”).
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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December 2014 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 31, 2014
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last modified
Jan 12, 2015 04:56 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness,
Researchers at Work
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wishes you a very happy new year and welcomes you to the twelfth issue of the newsletter (December 2014).
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Department of Science and Technology & Department of Biotechnology adopt Open Access Policy
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Dec 29, 2014
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last modified
Dec 29, 2014 10:17 AM
This post discusses the newly adopted Open Access Policy of the Department of Science and Technology & the Department of Biotechnology.
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Openness
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Blog
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Swatantra 2014: Fifth International Free Software Conference, Kerala
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 28, 2014
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last modified
Dec 28, 2014 02:44 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
FOSS
ICFOSS, Govt. of Kerala organized the fifth international Free Software Conference at Hotel Hycinth by Sparsa, Trivandrum from December 18 - 20, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the organizations supporting the event. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam was a speaker and made a presentation on Open Science.
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Openness
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News & Media
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Access to Rare Books Made Easy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 27, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Rare Odia books that are out of print and not easily accessible on the internet, will now be available at the click of the mouse. In a bid to make them available online, the Odia Wikipedia community last week launched WikiSource, an Odia e-library and a sister project of Odia Wikipedia that has been trying to popularise use of Odia language on the Internet since 2002.
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Openness
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News & Media
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[Open] Innovation and Expertise > Patent Protection & Trolls in a Broken Patent Regime (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 3)
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by
Maggie Huang
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published
Dec 26, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
This is the third of a four-part blog series1 highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores some of their views on the current intellectual property system.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Dec 24, 2014
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filed under:
Event,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society and the Observer Research Foundation invite you to a one day conference on January 8, 2015 in New Delhi.
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Internet Governance
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Events
