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CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 22, 2012
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filed under:
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
This was the statement read out by Pranesh Prakash at the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, on Friday, July 20, 2012.
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CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 25, 2012
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Fair Dealings,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Archives,
WIPO
This was the statement delivered by Pranesh Prakash on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights on the issue of exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives.
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Phone Spreadsheet
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Oct 30, 2012
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
A documentation of the basic components and features of the mobile devices in a spreadsheet.
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Super Cassettes v. MySpace
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by
Ujwala Uppaluri
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published
Oct 30, 2012
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last modified
Oct 31, 2012 10:27 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured
The Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of intermediaries online and disregard all pragmatic considerations involved. The consequences for free expression and particularly for file sharing by users of services online are especially unfavourable.
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ICOMM2012: International Communications and Electronics Fair
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Nov 14, 2012
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last modified
Dec 04, 2012 06:37 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
The seventh India International Communications and Electronics Fair (ICOMM2012) organized by CMAI Association of India was held at the NSIC Expo Grounds in New Delhi from September 14 to 15, 2012. Jadine Lannon attended the event, and shares us with some interesting and exciting new developments in ICT.
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Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 25
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by
Smitha Krishna Prasad
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published
Nov 20, 2012
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last modified
Dec 05, 2012 12:58 AM
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filed under:
Live Blog,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 25th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from November 19, 2012 to November 23, 2012.
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Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Nov 23, 2012
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last modified
Dec 21, 2012 07:48 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
As a part of the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace research project, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is researching 12 mobile phone devices to generate a better understanding of the intellectual property (IP) implications of pervasive mobile technologies available in the Indian market. This post is an introduction to our 12 mobile phones.
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Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERI
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Dec 01, 2012 05:57 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
On October 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) organised a one-day workshop on exploring the internals of mobile technologies at the TERI Southern Regional Centre in Bangalore. The workshop received more than 140 registrants, of which approximately 40 attended. In this post, Jadine Lannon explores the discussions and the developments that took place at the workshop.
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Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 26, 2012
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last modified
Dec 01, 2012 03:36 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
The Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet and Society has made the following comments on the draft policy document.
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Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
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by
Smitha Krishna Prasad
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published
Nov 29, 2012
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last modified
Dec 04, 2012 11:11 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
This November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to copyrighted materials to visually impaired persons. In between these discussions, the SCCR also found time to have two short plenary sessions on the proposed broadcast treaty as well as working documents on exceptions for libraries and archives.
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