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Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Dec 08, 2011 11:31 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Links,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Facebook,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
We are maintaining a rolling blog with press references to the row created by the proposal by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology to pre-screen user-generated Internet content.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Primer on the New IT Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 29, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Digital Governance,
Public Accountability,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
With this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
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Blog
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 25, 2013
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
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.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 16, 2010
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last modified
Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Technological Protection Measures
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
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Blogs
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Proposed Copyright Amendments from 2006
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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last modified
Jan 09, 2010 03:06 PM
The version of the proposed Copyright Act amendments that was released for public comments in 2006. Archived here, since it has since been removed from the Indian Copyright Office's website.
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Publications
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Proxies and VPNs: Why govt can't ban porn websites?
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 03, 2015
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last modified
Sep 13, 2015 08:26 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
The government's move to block more than 800 pornographic websites has led experts to question whether this latest attempt to police the internet is even feasible.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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PUPFIP Bill
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 04, 2009
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last modified
Aug 20, 2011 03:15 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
A new bill which tries to promote innovation through privatization of public-funded research and is unnecessary, misguided, and will prove harmful to Indian research, innovation, and will harm the interests of taxpayers and consumers.
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Access to Knowledge
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Publications
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Rebuttal of DIT's Misleading Statements on New Internet Rules
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 13, 2011
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last modified
Jul 11, 2012 01:18 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
IT Act,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability
The press statement issued on May 11 by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) on the furore over the newly-issued rules on 'intermediary due diligence' is misleading and is, in places, plainly false. We are presenting a point-by-point rebuttal of the DIT's claims.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 08, 2015
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last modified
Jul 18, 2015 02:46 AM
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filed under:
Telecom,
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance,
ICT
In this paper Pranesh Prakash gives an overview on why India needs to put in place net neutrality regulations, and the form that those regulations must take to avoid being over-regulation.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Report on Open Standards for GISW 2008
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 07, 2008
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 02:57 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Publications
A report on Open Standards prepared by Sunil Abraham, for the Global Information Society Watch 2008. As on their site, GISWatch focuses on monitoring progress made towards implementing the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action agenda and other international and national commitments related to information and communications. It also provides analytical overviews of institutions involved in implementation.
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Publications (Automated)
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CIS Publications
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Sunil Abraham
