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PUPFIP Bill
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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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Publications
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An Introduction to the Chinese Wikipedia
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Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 08, 2009
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last modified
Apr 05, 2011 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Research
A talk at CIS by Ting Chen, a Trustee on the Wikimedia Board, about the Chinese edition of Wikipedia
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Events
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World IT Forum 2009
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Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 08, 2009
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, and how they have been foisted upon the developing world.
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Blogs
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Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 24, 2009
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:43 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Intellectual Property Rights
At a recent conference on counterfeiting and piracy, industry representatives variously pushed for stiffer laws for IP violation, more stringent enforcement of existing IP laws, and championed IP as the most important thing for businesses today. This blog post tries to show how their arguments are flawed.
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Blogs
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Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP Enforcement
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 18, 2009
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 12:48 PM
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filed under:
Access to Medicine,
Consumer Rights,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
This open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights and thus creating an imbalance in the protection that intellectual property offers to both those who own it as well as those who don't.
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Letter from Civil Society Organizations to CII
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 18, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 03:15 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights
A total of 29 groups and individuals expressed their concern about the drive by CII to introduce TRIPS-plus enforcement standards in India.
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News & Media
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On the Internet, how much is too much?
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 14, 2009
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 03:19 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Hindu carried a piece on 05/08/2009, discussing the Avinash Kashyap / defamation of the President case.
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IT Act and Commerce
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 11, 2009
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last modified
Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Digital Governance,
Data Protection,
Authentication,
Security
This is a guest post by Rahul Matthan, partner in the law firm Trilegal, and widely regarded as one of the leading experts on information technology law in India. In this post, Mr. Matthan looks at the provisions in the amended Information Technology Act of interest to commerce, namely electronic signatures and data protection.
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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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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 28, 2009
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last modified
Sep 21, 2011 06:13 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Encryption,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Publications,
Censorship
The Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan highlights the problems with each of the rules and presents specific recommendations on how they can be improved. These comments were sent to the Department of Information and Technology.
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