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- Tulu Wikipedia Presentation: Coverage in Kannada Prabha — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:46 PM
- Dr. U.B. Pavanaja made a presentation on Tulu Wikipedia at a workshop held in Mangalore on December 14, 2014. This was covered by Kannada Prabha.
- 29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: CIS Intervention : Questions to Prof. Kenneth Crews on his Updated Study on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Dec 14, 2014 02:56 AM
- Nehaa Chaudhari on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on December 11 during one of the sessions in WIPO asked two questions to Prof. Kenneth Crews.
- Tulu Wikipedia gets some push — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 03:20 PM
- Tulu Wikipedia, which was launched in 2007, is still in incubation stage, according to UB Pavanaja, Programme Officer at the Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society.
- Creating Free Software Environment at Andhra Loyola College — by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified May 27, 2015 12:54 AM
- Andhra Loyola college has signed an MoU with CIS-A2K and as part of it CIS-A2K team has provided a free and open software environment at Andhra Lyola College's Computer Center. Thirty machines have been installed with free software Operating system and some useful applications such as GIMP, Inkscape, firefox, libreoffice, etc.
- SCCR 29 Libraries, Archives and Public Interest NGOs in Q&A with Dr. Crews — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 04:54 PM
- While the many publishers representatives took the floor to explain that there are truly no problems with limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives (and anyway according to them if there are problems that can be solved with licenses), libraries & archives as well as public interest groups make their case: the committee must continue its work on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives and find solutions.
- CIS Submission to the Expert Committee: Comment on the Broadening of Definitions in the Proposed Broadcast Treaty Compared to Other International Conventions — by Amulya Purushothama and Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Sep 03, 2015 02:08 AM
- This is a submission made by Nehaa Chaudhari on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society to the Expert Committee on the Broadcast Treaty constituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. This submission compares the definitions of various terms in the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations that is being deliberated at WIPO's SCCR at the moment, and definitions for these terms that are already present in existing international instruments.
- Is India’s website-blocking law constitutional? – I. Law & procedure — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Dec 11, 2014 11:02 AM
- Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, along with its corresponding Rules, set out the procedure for blocking of websites in India. Over two posts, Geetha Hariharan examines the constitutional validity of Section 69A and the Blocking Rules.
- 29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: CIS- 2nd (brief) Intervention on the Broadcast Treaty — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Dec 12, 2014 11:56 AM
- On Day 3 (December 10, 2014), the SCCR briefly re-convened at the Plenary. The Chair, Martin Moscoso updated the Committee on the discussions and the developments that had taken place over the course of the past two days in the Informals. The Centre for Internet and Society made a brief pointed intervention on one of the documents being discussed in the Informals.
- FrndiNeed; an app for passengers' safety — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 05:05 PM
- Beyond the Language Tussle — by Tejaswini Niranjana — last modified Dec 10, 2014 02:08 PM
- It might be more productive to see the ongoing Sanskrit versus German controversy as a welcome opportunity to discuss the real and persistent problems of our education system, not all of which have to do with which languages children get to learn.
- Revolving Door Analysis: IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group — by Lakshmi Venkataraman — last modified Dec 16, 2014 05:44 AM
- The IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) is the body that will accept and coordinate different proposals for IANA transition. It will make the global Internet community's final proposal for transition to the NTIA. Lakshmi Venkataraman finds that a majority of the ICG's membership have had longstanding affiliations with I-star organisations. What will this mean for IANA transition?
- The Broadcasting Treaty: A Solution in Search of a Problem? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 09, 2015 02:31 AM
- Nehaa Chaudhari was one of the speakers at this side event held on December 10, 2014.
- AdaCamp Bangalore: "Nothing could be more open and encouraging than this" — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 12, 2015 01:53 AM
- I can say this conference was the most truly touched feminist endeavor I have ever witnessed or thought of. An inspiration to last through. — Rupali Talwatkar.
- SCCR 29: Public Interest Organizations Statements regarding the Broadcasting Treaty — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 04:44 PM
- Also presented during the afternoon plenary, here are 3 statements by public interest organizations, the TACD, EFF and CIS:
- 29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: CIS Intervention on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Dec 12, 2014 11:55 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) made its intervention on the proposed treaty in the ongoing WIPO session on December 9, 2014.
- Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in Public Domain — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:25 AM
- The information provided on most Government websites such as Acts, notifications, rules, orders, minutes of meetings and consultations, etc. is usually in the form of electronic documents. However, these lack authenticity and accessibility and cannot be (text) searched., This policy brief identifies the problem areas with the current work flow being used to publish documents and proposes suitable modifications to make them easy to locate, authentic and accessible.
- Are Cab Apps safe? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 27, 2014 05:01 PM
- Cab services are increasingly relying on mobile apps to book, track and charge you for journeys. While tech watchers say there is a digital trail.
- ICANN reveals hitherto undisclosed details of domain names revenues — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Dec 12, 2014 05:08 AM
- Following requests from CIS, ICANN has shared a detailed list of its revenues from domain names for the fiscal year ending June 2014. Such level of detail has, until now, been unavailable. Historical data is still to be made available.
- India sees biggest improvement in Internet freedom, says report — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2014 11:08 AM
- Big stride ascribed to removal of restrictions imposed in 2013; globally, Internet freedom sees decline.
- Cyber bullying is a crime, but open to interpretation: Expert — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2014 10:54 AM
- The social media attack on a Doordarshan anchor who made a series of gaffes at the recent Goa film festival would qualify as cyber bullying, experts say, but hasten to add there is not much that can be done to prevent such behaviour online, given the humungous size of the virtual universe.
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