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World Day Against Software Patents
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 10, 2010 last modified Jan 16, 2013 07:15 AM — filed under: ,
A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the "World Day Against Software Patents". The Hindu, a national daily dedicated one page of its Bangalore edition to software patents and software freedom. Deepa Kurup contributed written two articles titled "Will patenting take the byte out of IT here?" and "How would it be if you read only one type of book?" which reflects some of the concerns of the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community.
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Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 11, 2010 last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM — filed under: , ,
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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Visually impaired seek access to print materials
by Pranesh Prakash published Nov 03, 2008 last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:20 AM — filed under:
An article in the Deccan Herald (November 3, 2008, page 4) by L. Subramani on the CIS signature campaign.
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Software patenting will harm industry, consumer
by Pranesh Prakash published Oct 05, 2008 last modified Jan 16, 2013 04:54 AM — filed under:
Report by Deepa Kurup in The Hindu dated 5th October 2008 as follow-up to the national meeting on software patents.
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Blog Entry Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in Bangladesh
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 15, 2013 last modified Jan 15, 2013 11:51 AM — filed under: , , ,
This is a statement on the violent attack on blogger Asif Mohiuddin by the participants to the Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression that took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 14–15, 2013.
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Blog Entry No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 09, 2013 last modified Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PM — filed under: , ,
The Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
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Blog Entry The Worldwide Web of Concerns
by Pranesh Prakash published Dec 10, 2012 last modified Dec 27, 2012 04:31 AM — filed under: , ,
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 Entry The Worldwide Web of Concerns
by Pranesh Prakash published Dec 10, 2012 last modified Dec 10, 2012 05:10 AM — filed under: , ,
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 Entry Indian Government's Submission to ITU
by Pranesh Prakash published Nov 05, 2012 last modified Dec 09, 2012 12:48 AM — filed under: , ,
The following is the text of the submission made by the Government of India to the World Conference of International Telecommunications, Dubai on November 3, 2012. This is the final version of a draft that was circulated earlier.
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Blog Entry Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective
by Pranesh Prakash published Nov 19, 2012 last modified Dec 10, 2012 04:40 AM — filed under: ,
Pranesh Prakash made a presentation at the India Internet Governance Conference (IIGC) held at the FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi on October 4 and 5, 2012. The event was organised by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, FICCI and Internet Society. CIS was one of the supporting organisations.
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