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Response to the Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance
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by
Sunil Abraham
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Sep 18, 2008
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 03:05 AM
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Open Standards,
Publications
Pranesh Prakash, Programme Manager at the Centre for Internet and Society, authored a response to the draft Open Standards Policy document published by the National Informatics Centre,
Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
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Openness
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Publications
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Open Standards
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Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Aug 22, 2011 01:17 PM
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Accessibility,
Publications
This research paper argues the need for amending the Indian Copyright provisions for enabling the print impaired to gain access to published works. The paper was submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development in November to appraise it of the needs of the print disabled community. The paper is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback for this ongoing campaign.
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Publications
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Sagie Chetty- Report
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by
Radha Rao
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Aug 23, 2011 03:30 AM
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Telecom,
Publications
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Telecom
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Publications
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Sarah Zia - Not knowing as pedagogy: Ride-hailing drivers in Delhi
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Sarah Zia
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Dec 18, 2019
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May 19, 2020 06:35 AM
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Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Network Economies,
Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Sarah Zia is the second among a series of writings by researchers associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by the Azim Premji University, that were published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who co-led the project.
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RAW
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Silicon Plateau Vol-1
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 28, 2015
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:56 AM
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Silicon Plateau,
Art,
Web Cultures,
Research,
Publications,
Researchers at Work
This book marks the beginning of an interdisciplinary artistic project, Silicon Plateau, the scope of which is to observe how
the arts, technology and society intersect in the city of Bangalore. Silicon Plateau is a collaboration between T.A.J. Residency & SKE Projects and the Researchers at Work (RAW) programme of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India. Volume 1 has been developed in collaboration with or-bits.com.
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RAW
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Silicon Plateau: Volume Two
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Dec 19, 2018
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Mar 13, 2019 01:01 AM
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Silicon Plateau,
RAW Publications,
Web Cultures,
Featured,
Publications,
Researchers at Work
Silicon Plateau is an art project and publishing series that explores the intersection of technology, culture and society in the Indian city of Bangalore. Each volume of the series is a themed repository for research, artworks, essays and interviews that observe the ways technology permeates the urban environment and the lives of its inhabitants. This project is an attempt at creating collaborative research into art and technology, beginning by inviting an interdisciplinary group of contributors (from artists, designers and writers, to researchers, anthropologists and entrepreneurs) to participate in the making of each volume.
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RAW
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Statement of CIS on the Matter of the Treaty for the Blind
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 22, 2009
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last modified
Aug 22, 2011 01:18 PM
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Accessibility,
Publications
Through this paper the Centre for Internet and Society is giving its statement in the matter of the Treaty for the blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled, proposed by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay.
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Accessibility
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Publications
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Submission
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by
Radha Rao
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Aug 22, 2011 01:13 PM
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Accessibility,
Publications
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Accessibility
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Publications
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Technological Protection Measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 28, 2010
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last modified
May 17, 2012 04:51 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
FLOSS,
Technological Protection Measures,
Publications
In this post Pranesh Prakash conducts a legal exegesis of section 65A of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which deals with the stuff that enables 'Digital Rights/Restrictions Management', i.e., Technological Protection Measures. He notes that while the provision avoids some mistakes of the American law, it still poses grave problems to consumers, and that there are many uncertainties in it still.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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The 2010 Special 301 Report Is More of the Same, Slightly Less Shrill
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 13, 2010
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last modified
Oct 03, 2011 05:37 AM
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filed under:
Development,
Consumer Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Piracy,
Access to Medicine,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Data Protection,
FLOSS,
Technological Protection Measures,
Publications
Pranesh 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 International survey, to which CIS contributed the India report, serves as an effective counter to the Special 301 report.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs