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Technological Protection Measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 28, 2010
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last modified
May 17, 2012 04:51 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
FLOSS,
Technological Protection Measures,
Publications
In this post Pranesh Prakash conducts a legal exegesis of section 65A of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which deals with the stuff that enables 'Digital Rights/Restrictions Management', i.e., Technological Protection Measures. He notes that while the provision avoids some mistakes of the American law, it still poses grave problems to consumers, and that there are many uncertainties in it still.
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Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended by Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 27, 2010
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Access to Knowledge
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Publications
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Report on the Fourth Internet Governance Forum for Commonwealth IGF
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 05, 2010
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last modified
Feb 29, 2012 05:42 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance Forum,
Internet Governance
This report by Pranesh Prakash reflects on the question of how useful the IGF is in the light of meetings on the themes of intellectual property, freedom of speech and privacy.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Research Project on Open Video in India
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 05, 2010
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 02:51 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Content,
Projects,
Software Patents
Open Video Alliance and the Centre for Internet and Society are calling for researchers for a project on open video in India, its potentials, limitations, and recommendations on policy interventions.
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Openness
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Blog
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Arguments Against Software Patents in India
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 22, 2010
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last modified
Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Access to Knowledge,
Software Patents,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Publications,
Patents
CIS believes that software patents are harmful for the software industry and for consumers. In this post, Pranesh Prakash looks at the philosophical, legal and practical reasons for holding such a position in India. This is a slightly modified version of a presentation made by Pranesh Prakash at the iTechLaw conference in Bangalore on February 5, 2010, as part of a panel discussing software patents in India, the United States, and the European Union.
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CIS Statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 19
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 01, 2010
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last modified
Feb 01, 2012 09:07 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Broadcasting,
WIPO
This statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty was delivered on December 17, 2010 at the 19th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights by Nirmita Narasimhan on behalf of CIS.
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Oppose Software Patents
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 15, 2010
Oppose software patents
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Publications
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Software Patents
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Oppose Software Patents
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 15, 2010
Oppose Software Patents
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Software Patents
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Opening India's Spectrum
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 13, 2010
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last modified
Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM
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filed under:
Telecom
India's Government monopolised the radio spectrum until the mid-1990s and even now, non-governmental use of wireless is more limited than in other democracies. Restrictive policies constrain the growth of mobile telephony, broadcasting, wireless broadband and many other services important to India's social and economic development. Can anything be done to change this? Robert Horvitz, director of Open Spectrum Foundation suggests changes.
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Free and Open Source Software
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 11, 2010
Free and open source software (FOSS) is a good thing from both the perspective of programmer and user freedoms as well as from the perspective of better and more efficient software production. Also, FOSS forms the backbone of the Internet (BIND/NSD for DNS servers, Apache for web servers, sendmail/postfix/qmail for mail servers, Asterisk for VoIP servers, etc.), and the Internet as we know it would not exist without FOSS.
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