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Transcripts from WCIT-12
— by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Dec 03, 2012 02:00 PMWe are archiving copies of the live-transcripts from the World Conference on International Telecommunications, 2012 (WCIT-12) which is being held in Dubai from 3–14 December, 2012.
Draft nonsense
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 03, 2012 09:08 AMSeriously flawed and dodgily drafted provisions in the IT Act provide the state a stick to beat its citizens with.
Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Nov 30, 2012 06:33 AMSection 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an offence can attract a prison sentence of as many as three years.
https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnHWnVLGu9WGeVjTK43G6bbwCjvcOKTnoo on Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
— by Bhangu — last modified Nov 29, 2012 07:48 AMThanks for giving detailed information, I have a question. If someone has cricket match tickets, and they don't want them and try to sell them [...]
Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 14, 2012 09:51 AMSection 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held by lawyers and legal academics to be unconstitutional. In this post Pranesh Prakash explores why that section is unconstitutional, how it came to be, the state of the law elsewhere, and how we can move forward.
DoT Blocks Domain Sites — But Reasons and Authority Unclear
— by Smitha Krishna Prasad — last modified Nov 21, 2012 10:03 AMEarlier this year, ISPs such as Airtel and MTNL blocked a number of domain sites including BuyDomains, Fabulous Domains and Sedo.co.uk. Whereas the Indian Government and courts have previously issued orders blocking websites, these actions have generally been attributed to issues such as posting of inflammatory content or piracy of copyrighted material. However, the reasoning behind blocking domain marketplaces such as the above mentioned sites is not clear.
https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk_-9evELbH1sHh1yHnHqyA8tbuBJMxn_I on Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
— by https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk_-9evELbH1sHh1yHnHqyA8tbuBJMxn_I — last modified Nov 20, 2012 07:15 AMREPEAT AFTER ME! "people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that"
https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk_-9evELbH1sHh1yHnHqyA8tbuBJMxn_I on Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
— by https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk_-9evELbH1sHh1yHnHqyA8tbuBJMxn_I — last modified Nov 20, 2012 07:15 AM"people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that"
http://www.j4v4m4n.in/ on Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
— by Praveen — last modified Nov 19, 2012 03:26 PMMishi Choudhary of Software Freedom Law Center clarified it today morning in one the discussion lists. "Section 77B says "Notwithstanding anything contained in the code [...]
Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jan 02, 2013 03:42 AMTwo girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
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