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The Socratic debate: Whose internet is it anyway?
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 18, 2014
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last modified
Dec 09, 2014 01:35 PM
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
In the US, President Obama recently spoke out on the seemingly arcane topic of net neutrality. What is more astounding is that the popular satire news show host John Oliver spent a 13-minute segment talking about it in June, telling Internet trolls to “focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction” by visiting the US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) website and submitting comments on its weak draft proposal on net neutrality.
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Blog
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The Web of Our Strife
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 04, 2012
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last modified
Jun 04, 2012 05:45 AM
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filed under:
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance
At the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, India proposed the formation of a Committee on Internet-Related Policies (CIRP) to address what it sees as a policy vacuum in internet governance.
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Internet Governance
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The Worldwide Web of Concerns
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 10, 2012
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last modified
Dec 27, 2012 04:31 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The International Telecommunication Union’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is currently under way in Dubai, after a gap of 25 years. At this conference, the Inter-national Telecommunication Regulations — a binding treaty containing high-level principles — are to be revised.
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Blog
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The Worldwide Web of Concerns
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 10, 2012
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last modified
Dec 10, 2012 05:10 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The threat of a ‘UN takeover’ of the Internet through the WCIT is non-existent. However, that does not mean that activists have been crying themselves hoarse in vain.
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Blog
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Thomas Abraham's Rebuttal on Parallel Importation
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 10, 2011
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:47 AM
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filed under:
Consumer Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
We engaged in an e-mail conversation with Thomas Abraham, the managing director of Hachette India, on the issue of parallel importation of books into India. We thought it would be in the public interest to publish a substantive part of that conversation. In this post he points at great length how our arguments are faulty. While we still believe that he doesn't succeed, we hope this will clarify matters a bit.
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Blogs
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Three reasons why 66A verdict is momentous
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 29, 2015
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
Earlier this week, the fundamental right to freedom of expression posted a momentous victory. The nation's top court struck down the much-reviled Section 66A of the IT Act — which criminalized communications that are "grossly offensive", cause "annoyance", etc — as "unconstitutionally vague", "arbitrarily, excessively, and disproportionately" encumbering freedom of speech, and likely to have a "chilling effect" on legitimate speech.
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Blog
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Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 11, 2010
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last modified
Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Software Patents,
Access to Knowledge
An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
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News & Media
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Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 24
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 24, 2012
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last modified
Jul 31, 2012 12:35 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from July 16 to 25, 2012.
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Access to Knowledge
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Tweets from Bali IGF 2013
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 21, 2013
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last modified
Oct 28, 2013 09:09 AM
CIS is logging all tweets with the words "igf2013", "igf13", "igf", "bestbits", and "genderit" during the Intenet Governance Forum going on in the Bali this week, and making it available in downloadable files.
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Tweets with "BestBits"
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Oct 21, 2013
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last modified
Oct 28, 2013 08:46 AM
Tweets with "BestBits".
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