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- Is Copyright Law Censoring the Art World? — by Rebecca Schild — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:09 AM
- Last week, ART and the Center for Law and Policy Research held a workshop on “Copyright, Censorship and the Creative Commons” for individuals interested in examining the art/law nexus, and exploring its broader implications for individual artists and the creative commons. While it appears that artists are becoming more rights conscious, the increasing copyrightability of art today is compelling many artists to critically rethink the role of law in the art world.
- Call for Applications: 'Maps for Making Change' - Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India — by Anja Kovacs — last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:04 PM
- Deadline: 20 November 2009. Maps for Making Change is a two-month project specifically designed for activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India. It provides participants with an exciting opportunity to explore how a range of digital mapping techniques can be used to support struggles for social justice. It also allows you to immediately develop and implement in practice a concrete mapping project relevant to your campaign or movement, with full technical support. Interested in joining us? Send in your application by 20 November 2009.
- At the end of the niche optical pirate — by Siddharth Chadha — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM
- In this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market.
- Access Beyond Developmentalism: Technology and the Intellectual Life of the Poor — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:16 AM
- Essay by Lawrence Liang, September 21, 2009 in response to - A Dialogue on ICTs, Human Development, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
- Youth light up lives, one book at a time — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:42 PM
- Chennaiites join a campaign to aid the visually challenged in accessing popular works of English literature THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BOOKS THAT THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED CAN'T ACCESS - an article in the Deccan Chronicle - Chennai, dated 10th Oct 2009.
- After 15 Years, Is Free Access to Law Here to Stay? — by Rebecca Schild — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:07 AM
- CIS, in collaboration with partners LexUM and SAFLII, is undertaking a Global Free Access to Law Study. Being the first of its kind within the Free Access to Law Movement, this comparative study will examine what free access to law initiatives do, evaluate their core benefits and identify factors determining of their sustainability. In the end, the free access to law study will provide future initiatives and existing LII networks with proven and adoptable best practices which will support the continued growth of the legal information commons.
- Control Shift? — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:22 AM
- The USA has ceded control of the Internet over to Icann, but only partially. (This post appeared as an article in Down to Earth, in the issue dated November 15, 2009.)
- The ICANN-US DOC 'Affirmation of Commitments' - A Step Forward? — by Anja Kovacs — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:16 AM
- On 30 September 2009, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed an Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) with the US Government's Department of Commerce. For those of us who are concerned that the Internet should serve the global public good, is the new arrangement a step forward? An assessment.
- G3ict and CIS in collboration — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:44 AM
- The G3ict and Centre for Internet and Society, India (www.cis-india.org) are collaborating on a white paper comparing internet accessibility policies and legislative frameworks in 15 countries across the world.
- The Option To Read — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:42 PM
- A blog in ‘thinkopotamus’ by Mr. Shreekumar Varma, Chief Guest, Right to Read Campaign’s first road show in Loyola College, Chennai
- Internet sceptic? Go get a life — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:49 PM
- Fifty years down the line, generations will laugh off the paranoia about the Internet - an article by Nishant Shah in the magazine Down To Earth
- Print Impairment and Copyrights — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:49 PM
- An article by Swaraj Paul Barooah - SPICY IP (Google groups)
- National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility — by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 24, 2011 06:02 AM
- Minutes of the meeting on draft National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility held on August 17, 2009 in E-Governance Hall, 1st Floor, Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.
- Reading a closed book — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM
- With the right combination of privacy tweaks and a little prudence, you can maintain privacy online - an article in Livemint by Krish Raghav (29th September, 2009)
- Right to Read Campaign, Chennai — by Radha Rao — last modified Feb 04, 2013 06:19 AM
- A report on the first road show of the nationwide Right to Read Campaign which was launched at Loyola college, Chennai, on 26th September, 2009.
- Deccan Chronicle – 27th September, 2009 — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM
- Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, CIS, speaks at the launch of ‘Right to Read’ campaign. Loyola College in the city on Saturday launched the campaign to amend the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, and give visually challenged and dyslexic people better access to printed books in the form of Braille copy and big prints.
- Right to Read campaign - Chennai (NDTV, Hindu) — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:50 PM
- The first event was covered by NDTV Hindu and an interview with Rahul Cherian and Nirmita Narasimhan was telecast on 26th September.
- Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challenged — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:52 PM
- An article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009
- ‘Right to read’ campaign launched (The Hindu) — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:52 PM
- An article in The Hindu, 29th September, on the 'Right to Read' campaign, launched on 26th Sept, in Loyola College, Chennai
- ‘Right to Read’ campaign launched - Fighting against copyright regulations — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:54 PM
- To highlight the issues faced by persons with print disability – those deprived of Indian books due to unfriendly copyright regulations – a group of organisations launched the Right To Read (R2R) campaign on September 26 - an article by L Subramani, Sep 28th, Bangalore, Deccan Herald.
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