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Letter to ICANN on NCSG
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 28, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Digital Pluralism,
Digital Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), instead of accepting the one drafted by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).
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Blog
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Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 07, 2009
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:06 AM
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filed under:
Digital Pluralism
The government is in the process of drafting a national policy on open standards for e-governance. The National Informatics Centre recently released draft version 2 of the policy, and CIS sent in its comments on the draft.
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Blog
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Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 07, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2009 04:49 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Public Accountability,
Software Patents
Another draft (labelled "version 2", dated May 26, 2009) of the draft national policy on open standards for e-governance was made available to Fosscomm, while many software companies were speaking out against NASSCOM's position on the policy. CIS drafted a second response addressing both the allegations against NASSCOM as well as the few shortcomings we perceive in the draft policy.
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Openness
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Publications
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Open Standards
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Short note on IT Amendment Act, 2008
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 15, 2009
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last modified
Jun 01, 2011 02:45 PM
Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society wrote a short note in February 2009 on the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. This is being posted as a precursor to a more exhaustive analysis of the Act and the rules sought to be promulgated under the Act. Thus, this does not cover the regulations that have been drafted under the Act.
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Publications
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Information Technology Act
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Information Technology Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 15, 2009
The Information Technology Act, 2000 (amended in 2008) is the main statute that governs online behaviour in India, from e-commerce to cybercrimes, Internet surveillance, and intermediary liability. Thus, understanding that statute is of paramount interest to all Indian 'netizens'.
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Internet Governance
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Publications
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Consumers International IP Watch List 2009
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 05, 2009
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Piracy,
Consumer Rights,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Fair Dealings
In response to the US Special 301 report, Consumers International brought out an IP Watch List. CIS contributed the India Country Report for the Watch List.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 02, 2009
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Bayh-Dole,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Access,
Open Innovation
Being interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Regulations.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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WIPO Broadcast Treaty and Webcasting
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 25, 2009
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Broadcasting,
WIPO
On Friday, 8 May 2009, at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting held a stakeholders' briefing meeting on the Broadcast Treaty that has been on the table at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The purpose of that meeting was to inform the relevant stakeholders of the developments in Geneva, as well as to garner input from them regarding the stance to be adopted by India at the WIPO. Pranesh Prakash from the Centre for Internet and Society participated and made a presentation on webcasting, highlighting the differences between webcasting and broadcasting, and arguing that webcasting should not be part of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological University
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 30, 2009
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM
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filed under:
FLOSS,
RTI
The Centre for Internet and Society filed an RTI application to Visvesvaraya Technological University asking it to provide details about its curriculum design, and its tie-ups with various software vendors.
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Openness
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Blog
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Screening of Pixel Pirate II: Attack of the Astro Elvis Video Clone
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 14, 2008
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last modified
Apr 05, 2011 04:41 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights
Artists Soda_Jerk will lead discussions after the screening of their narrative remix video Pixel Pirate II, a film that questions the current state of intellectual property laws (and is composed only of samples).
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