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- Inclusive Planet co-founder, Disability Law activist, and Cancer Survivor, Rahul Cherian passes away — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:23 AM
- Rahul Cherian, the co-founder of Inclusive Planet and an expert on Intellectual Property and disability law, passed away on February 7, 2013 in Goa due to sudden illness.
- RIP: Rahul Cherian, human rights activist, Inclusive Planet co-founder — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 09, 2013 07:13 AM
- RIPRahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away today at the age of 39, while on a family holiday in Goa.
- Censorship and sensibility in India — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 06, 2013 04:09 AM
- The past few weeks in India have seen films, an all-girl rock band, a fashion show, a Booker prize-winning novelist and a reputed academic become targets of harassment, legal action or threats of violence.
- Report of Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight — by Zainab Bawa — last modified Mar 02, 2013 01:32 PM
- On 19th and 20th January, HasGeek organized a hacknight to commemorate the life and works of Aaron Swartz. Zainab Bawa from HasGeek shares with us the developments.
- The Supreme Court & Spectrum Management — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Mar 04, 2013 08:28 AM
- Only the Supreme Court can rectify spectrum management in line with other resources, but all stakeholders can contribute.
- Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi University — by Nitika Tandon — last modified Mar 05, 2013 01:03 AM
- A digital literacy workshop was organised at the Department of Arts, Delhi University for students pursuing their masters in Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies on February 5, 2013. Nitika Tandon shares the developments.
- A Comparison of Indian Legislation to Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:40 PM
- This blog post is a comparison of the relevant Indian legislations allowing governmental access to communications and the Draft International Principles on Surveillance of Communications. The principles, first drafted in October 2012 and developed subsequently seeks to establish an international standard for surveillance of communications in the context of human rights.
- Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012 — by Noopur Raval — last modified Jan 31, 2013 10:14 AM
- This post provides an overview of the activities done by the Access to Knowledge team under the grant provided by the Wikimedia Foundation from September 2012 to December 2012.
- Government of Madhya Pradesh initiates ICT Accessibility in Public Communication — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jan 31, 2013 10:17 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society, joined hands with Daisy Forum of India member Arushi in Bhopal to submit a request for a notification mandating that all communication by the Government of Madhya Pradesh should be accessible to persons with disabilities.
- Odia Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary and Workshop on Application of Odia in Media — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 31, 2013 03:10 AM
- The Centre for Internet & Society in collaboration with Odia-Wikipedia and Academy for Media Learning organized a workshop on January 29, 2013. This was covered in Sambad on January 30, 2013.
- An innovative concept comes to the fore — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 30, 2013 06:04 AM
- There’s very little awareness about Bitcoin — a new digital currency and payment system, designed for the voting process of ‘Bitfilm 13’ — in the City. Aaron Koenig, the managing director at Bitfilm Networks Hamburg, addressed this issue recently, during a talk held at The Centre for Internet and Society. The talk was based on the creation of Bitcoin and its various uses.
- Data Retention in India — by Elonnai Hickok — last modified Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PM
- As part of its privacy research, the Centre for Internet and Society has been researching upon data retention mandates from the Government of India and data retention practices by service providers. Globally, data retention has become a contested practice with regards to privacy, as many governments require service providers to retain more data for extensive time periods, for security purposes. Many argue that the scope of the retention is becoming disproportional to the purpose of investigating crimes.
- Surveillance Camp: Privatized State Surveillance — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 29, 2013 06:51 AM
- This is the second in a series of posts mapping global surveillance challenges discussed at EFF’s Surveillance Camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- First Odia Wikipedia Education Program concludes at IIMC, Dhenkanal — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 29, 2013 06:42 AM
- The first Odia Wikipedia Education program ended yesterday at Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal with distribution of certificates to the participants.
- Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Feb 13, 2013 07:05 AM
- The 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, African Information Research and Training and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in this event. Sunil Abraham made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies on the opening day, December 15, 2012.
- Five Frequently Asked Questions about the Amended ITRs — by Chinmayi Arun — last modified Jan 30, 2013 05:36 AM
- This piece discusses the five major questions that have been the subject of debate after the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT). The politics surrounding the WCIT are not discussed here but it must be kept in mind that they have played a significant role in the outcome of the conference and in some of the debates about it.
- Remembering Aaron Swartz, Taking Up the Fight — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 28, 2013 04:51 AM
- I encountered the Aaron Swartz memorial the other day that helps ‘liberate’ a randomly selected article from JSTOR, as an act of civil disobedience, to commemorate both the legacy that Swartz leaves behind, but also the high-profile witch-hunt case which was a crucial factor in him taking his own life.
- Habits of Living: Networked Affects, Glocal Effects — by Nishant Shah — last modified Jan 26, 2013 09:49 AM
- Brown University is organizing an international conference that elucidates the networked conditions of our times, how they produce ways, conditions, and habits of life and living, how they spread local actions globally. The conference will be held from March 21 to 23, 2013 at Brown University, Rhode Island.
- 9th International Asian Conference — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 25, 2013 06:20 PM
- ITechLaw is organizing the 9th Annual Asian ITechLaw Conference on February 14 and 15, 2013 in India's high technology capital - Bangalore, India. Sunil Abraham will be speaking at this event.
- Bangalore hackers write code as tribute to Aaron Swartz — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 25, 2013 11:41 AM
- A small crowd gathered here on Saturday afternoon in the basement of the Centre for Internet and Society to participate in the Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight, organised by HasGeek.
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