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- Letter for Establishment of Patent Pool for Low-cost Access Devices through Compulsory Licenses — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jun 27, 2013 08:06 AM
- On June 27, 2013, CIS sent a letter for establishment of a patent pool for low cost access devices through compulsory licenses.
- Pervasive Technologies: Patent Pools — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:57 AM
- In this research paper, Nehaa Chaudhari gives an analysis of patent pools. She discusses the working of a patent pool, study patent pool in other areas of technology, and patenting in telecom and related technology.
- Way to watch — by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Jul 01, 2013 10:17 AM
- The domestic surveillance regime in India lacks adequate safeguards.
- Govt goes after porn, makes ISPs ban sites — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 10:11 AM
- The government has decided to put a blanket ban on several websites that allow users to share pornographic content.
- Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Jun 25, 2013 08:47 AM
- In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
- Report on the 4th Privacy Round Table meeting — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:04 AM
- This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the fourth Privacy Round Table in Mumbai, on 15th June 2013.
- Interview with the Citizen Lab on Internet Filtering in India — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jun 26, 2013 09:47 AM
- Maria Xynou recently interviewed Masashi Crete-Nishihata and Jakub Dalek from the Citizen Lab on internet filtering in India. View this interview and gain an insight on Netsweeper and FinFisher!
- Archive Practice and Digital Humanities — by Sara Morais — last modified Jul 03, 2013 09:44 AM
- After trying to define the field of digital humanities in two prior blog entries, one mapping the field, the other defining its values, the third blog entry in the digital humanities series looks at a reoccurring keyword of digital humanities research, namely at the concept of the archive. The following article touches upon how it is being used within research of digital humanities and how that relates to traditional humanities archival work
- Big Data, People's Lives, and the Importance of Openness — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:23 AM
- Openness has become the buzzword for everything in India right now. From the new kids on the block riding the wave of Digital Humanities investing in infrastructure of open knowledge initiatives to the rhetoric of people-centered open government data projects that are architected to create 'empowered citizens', there is an inherent belief that Opening up things will make everything good.
- Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM
- Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online surveillance by state agencies without even realizing it. No surprise, several cyber security experts feel that building one's own personal firewall is a good way of fortifying online privacy.
- Wiki donors — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 04:19 AM
- Time Out finds out what Wikipedia’s doing to turn the info mammoth Kannada friendly
- Interview with Mr. Billy Hawkes - Irish Data Protection Commissioner — by Maria Xynou — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:06 AM
- Maria Xynou recently interviewed Mr. Billy Hawkes, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, at the CIS´ 4th Privacy Round Table meeting. View this interview and gain an insight on recommendations for data protection in India!
- Girls in ICT Day 2013 — Nirmita Narasimhan Felicitated — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 20, 2013 05:35 AM
- The ITU-APT Foundation of India with support from CMAI - Association of India Communication and Infrastructure organized the "Girls in ICT Day" to pay tribute to the contribution of young women in ICT in India on May 7, 2013 at FICCI Auditorium, Tansen Marg, New Delhi.
- Opportunities for TV White Spaces in India Workshop — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 18, 2013 04:51 AM
- Shyam Ponappa, a fellow at the Centre for Internet and Society is participating in a workshop on TV White Space. The workshop is being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and sponsored by the Ford Foundation at the Royal Hotel Plaza in New Delhi on June 21, 2013.
- Open Letter to "Not" Recognize India as Data Secure Nation till Enactment of Privacy Legislation — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:07 AM
- India shouldn't be granted the status of "data secure nation" by Europe until it enacts a suitable privacy legislation, points out the Centre for Internet and Society in this open letter.
- My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad — by T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified Aug 19, 2013 06:51 AM
- On March 8, 2013, a day-long Telugu Wikipedia training workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad in collaboration with Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad. This blog post gives a concise account of the event.
- India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:47 AM
- In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari gives us an overview of some of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the copyright issues identified therein.
- Whose Change is it Anyway? — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 17, 2015 10:56 AM
- This thought piece is an attempt to reflect critically on existing practices of “making change” and its implications for the future of citizen action in information and network societies. It observes that change is constantly and explicitly invoked at different stages in research, practice, and policy in relation to digital technologies, citizen action, and network societies.
- A Feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians on HMTV — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 21, 2013 04:46 AM
- Based on the Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, HMTV (one of the leading Telugu News channels in Andhra Pradesh) has produced a half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians.
- The Stranger with Candy — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 17, 2015 11:00 AM
- Beware of online threats, as the distinction between friends and foes is false on the internet.
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