Centre for Internet and Society

Library and Information Professionals Summit 2015

praskrishna — 2015-02-07T11:46:05Z

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Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2015

praskrishna — 2015-02-07T12:21:27Z

Nehaa Chaudhari participated as a panelist at the Library and Information Professionals Summit, 2015 at NLU-Delhi. The event was jointly organized by Society for Library Professionals, National Law University Delhi with UN Information Centre for India & Bhutan and Special Library Association (USA), Asian Chapter.

Nehaa Chaudhari was on a panel discussing Internet Technology and Challenges for Libraries in IPR Regime. Here presentation can be seen here. For more info click here.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/library-and-information-professionals-summit-2015

Leveraging Mobile Network Big Data for Development Policy: Opportunities & Challenges

praskrishna — 2015-12-16T01:31:11Z

Amber Sinha participated in this event held at IRDC, New Delhi on November 2, 2015. The event was organized by LIRNEasia.

As part of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) distinguished lecture series, Sriganesh Lokanathan, Team Leader- Big Data Research at LIRNEasia gave a talk in Delhi (Ramalingaswami Conference Hall, International Development Research Centre, 208 Jor Bagh, New Delhi 110003) on Monday, 2nd November 2015. Sriganesh spoke on the topic of “Leveraging mobile network big data for developmental policy: opportunities & challenges.”

Program:

11.00 a.m.: Welcome and introductions: Dr. Anindya Chatterjee, Asia Regional Director, IDRC

11.05 a.m.: Talk by Mr Sriganesh Lokanathan, Team Leader, Big Data Research, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka

11.40 a.m.: Discussions and Q & A

12.15 p.m.: Closing remarks: Phet Sayo, Senior Program Officer, IDRC

See the programme details published by LIRNEasia.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/leveraging-mobile-network-big-data-for-development-policy-opportunities-challenges

Letter questions the propriety of CCI’s participation in ASSOCHAM conference

praskrishna — 2015-08-23T15:27:25Z

Serious concerns relating to conflict of interest have been raised against participation of CCI at the ASSOCHAM IP conference to be held soon.

The article was published in Tehelka on August 7, 2015.

A group of civil society organisations have through their letter to the CCI raised concerns over the imminent participation in the ASSOCHAM IP conference. The group comprises of bodies like Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, IT for Change, Bangalore, Knowledge Commons Collective, National Working Group on Patent Laws and Software Freedom Law Centre, New Delhi.

These organisations have asked the chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), Ashok Chawla, not to participate in the 3rd International Conference on Intellectual Property Law and competition Law organised by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM). According to the letter sent by the civil society addressed to the CCI chairman, which is in possession of LiveLaw.in, two concerns were raised primarily demanding CCI to stay away from the conference scheduled to take place on 7th July at New Delhi.

“The participation of CCI at this conference raises serious concerns of conflict of interest,” read the letter. The primary concern cited was involvement of Ericsson in the conference. “CCI’s sharing of platforms with private actors would compromise the credibility and independence of CCI. As you know the event partner i.e. Ericsson is currently facing three CCI investigations on matters related to SEPs and issues related to licensing of technologies on fair and equitable terms. Ericsson is not only an event partner but also giving a speech at the inaugural session.”

Secondly, the focus of the conference, which happens to be currently part of CCI investigation, has ruffled some feathers. The letter states: “The themes of the conference clearly fall under the on-going investigations of CCI against Ericsson. Participation of CCI in any form in a conference organised by the financial support of Ericsson, which is facing three CCI investigations, would clearly send out a very wrong message regarding the integrity and independence of CCI.”

CCI’s participation in the conference would be a departure from the well set precedent that judicial and quasi-judicial bodies never directly or indirectly discuss matters pending before them. “The conference is centred on discussing issues that are currently under the investigation of CCI along with commercial entities including the one, which is facing the investigation,” the letter further added.

Civil society organisations also advised the CCI to avoid not only actual conflict of interest but also the perceived conflict of interest in this case. CCI earlier ordered investigations against Ericsson based on the complaint from three mobile manufactures viz. Micromax, Intex and iBall. This was in regard to the discriminatory practices of Ericsson in charging royalty while issuing license to Standard Essential Patents (SEP), which are necessary to manufacture mobile phones and tablets.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/tehelka-august-7-2015-letter-questions-propriety-of-cci-participation-in-assocham-conference

Letter on WGEC

praskrishna — 2014-01-07T09:12:16Z

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/letter-on-wgec.pdf

Letter of Survey Request

praskrishna — 2013-03-06T10:49:42Z

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/letter-of-survey.pdf

Letter of Agreement

praskrishna — 2011-11-17T09:57:37Z

IJLT-CIS agreement made on 11 November 2009.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/letter-of-agreement.pdf

Lesun

praskrishna — 2012-11-02T15:31:16Z

Lesun

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Leslie Chan Lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore

praskrishna — 2012-12-12T06:26:42Z

Prof. Leslie Chan from the University of Toronto, Canada is giving a series of lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore from December 17, 2012 to December 19, 2012.

Programme of Prof. Leslie Chan in Thiruvananthapuram

Knowledge Management in the Open Access Environment
Date: December 17, 2012 Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Venue: Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala Organiser: University of Kerala Contact person : Dr. KP Vijayakumar / 9496749901 (Mob) / 0471-2308034 (Off) E-Mail : kpvijayakumar2@gmail.com
Emerging Trends in Scholarly Communications and Impact Measures in the Open Knowledge Environment
Date: December 17, 2012 Time: 3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Venue: National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST)(CSIR), Pappanamcode, Trivandrum Organiser: NIIST and CSIR Contact person: Mrs. Nishy P/9645086468 (Mob)/0471-2515293(Off) E-Mail: nishy22@gmail.com Evening : Discussion with Prof. VN Rajasekharan Pillai, Executive Vice President, KSCSTE, Sasthrabhavan, Trivandrum
Lecture-cum-Open Forum on Open Access Initiatives (OAI)
Time: 10.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Venue:Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala (IIITMK), Technopark, Trivandrum Organiser: IITMK Contact person : KP Sadasivan : 9447903282 (Mob) / 0471-2527567 Ext.103 (Off) E-Mail: kps31147@yahoo.com or sadasivan.kp@iiitmk.ac Afternoon : Visit to ICFOSS, Technopark, Trivandrum (Co-sponsored by IIITMK & ICFOSS) Contact person : KP Sadasivan : 9447903282 (Mob) / 0471-2527567 Ext.103 (Off) E-Mail : kps31147@yahoo.com or sadasivan.kp@iiitmk.ac

A Special Lecture by Prof. Leslie Chan in Mysore

Emerging Trends in Scholarly Communications and Impact Measures in the Open Knowledge Environment
Organisers: Mysore University Library, Department of Studies in Library and Information Science (DLIS-UoM), Mysore Library and Information Scientist’s Association (MyLISA) and SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore. Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Venue: Manasa Media Centre, Mysore University Library, Manasagangotri, Mysore

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Lephone

praskrishna — 2012-11-02T15:29:30Z

Lephone

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Leon Tan

praskrishna — 2012-02-03T02:48:48Z

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Legitimate Restrictions on Freedom of Online Speech: Deadlock to Dialogue

praskrishna — 2012-10-15T05:44:04Z

The event was hosted by FICCI Communications and Digital Economy Committee on September 4, 2012 at FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. Pranesh Prakash spoke on censorship and the way forward.

The following were the speakers who spoke at the event:

Anja Kovacs, Project Director, Internet Democracy Project
Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director, Center for Internet and Society
Prabir Purkayastha, Founder Member, Delhi Science Forum
Prasanth Sugathan, Legal Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center
Parminder Jeet Singh, Executive Director, IT for Change
Ramanjit Singh Chima, Sr. Policy Analyst, Google India
Ankhi Das, Head of Public Policy for India, Facebook
Nikhil Pahwa, Editor & Publisher, Medianama.com
Rajesh Chharia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India
Mahesh Uppal, Policy Expert
Virat Bhatia, Chairman, Communication and Digital Economy Committee, FICCI

Click to read the Digest of Comments and Inputs at the panel discussion.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/news/legitimate-restrictions-on-freedom-of-online-speech

Legal Issues pertaining to Cloud Computing

praskrishna — 2022-02-07T15:29:00Z

The Law and Technology Society of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing the 6th edition of its flagship conference ‘Consilience’ on December 14 and 15, 2013 at NLSIU Campus, Bangalore. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.

The Conference will see some of the best lawyers, jurists and industry leaders in India speak on different issues surrounding the theme. The Conference is co- branded with ‘Salesforce.com’, ‘International Technology Law Association’ and the Centre for Internet and Society (http://www.cis-india.org/). Apart from making an effective contribution towards greater understanding of the subject, the Conference will lead to a recommendatory policy paper to the government of India.

Key speakers for the Conference include:

Senapathy (Kris) Gopalakrishnan (Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys & President, CII )
Pavan Duggal (Advocate, Supreme Court)
Abhishek Malhotra (Founding Partner, TMT Law Practice)
Azmul Haque (Partner, Shook Lin & Bok, Singapore)
Chris Edwards (Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Singapore)
Prof. Rahul De (IIM Bangalore)
Pamela Kumar (Chair, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India)
Suhaan Mukherji (Expert advisor, Office of Adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations)

Registrations for the Conference are open and fee for the same is as follows:

Students: Rs. 500/-
Professionals: Rs. 750/-

Please find attached the concept note, programme schedule and speakers’ profiles. To register, visit http://www.consilience.co.in/index.php/consilience-2013/register-for-the-conference. For any other queries, please write to ltech.nls@gmail.com .

or contact

Shivam Singla (Ph: +91-9916708701)
Ayushi Sutaria (Ph: +91-8123925725)

Conference Programme

Saturday, December 14th, 2013
Venue: Conference Hall, Academic Block, NLSIU

Lunch
08.30 09.30	Breakfast and Registration
09.45 10.00	Inauguration
10.00 10.30	Keynote Address
10.30 12.30	SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING How does cloud computing work? - An overview of the basic technical features The current legal regime related to cloud computing in India- Main issues and challenges
13.15 15.15	SESSION 2: THE RELATION BETWEEN PARTIES TO CLOUD COMPUTING- USERS, INTERMEDIARIES AND GOVERNMENT BODIES Legal obligations of the intermediaries towards (i) the government and (ii) the users Cyber security concerns Standards of data protection Government's surveillance powers and privacy issues
Tea Break
15.30 17.30	SESSION 3: REGULATION AND MONITORING OF DATA CONTENT Current data control monitoring systems by intermediaries Data ownership and intellectual property issues- Possible threats and need for regulation Sensitive or critical data- Security concerns relating to their storage
High Tea/Networking Session

Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Venue: Conference Hall, Academic Block, NLSIU

Tea Break
09.00 10.00	Breakfast and Registration
10.00 12.00	SESSION 4: THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CLOUD COMPUTING Jurisdiction and choice of law issues- how do we counter the confusion? International laws applicable to cloud computing Need for a comprehensive international framework to simplify the situation?
12.15 14.15	SESSION 5: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH LEGAL FRAMEWORKS IN OTHER COUNTRIES Legal frameworks in UK and Singapore Beneficial features of these legal regimes and their suitability in the Indian context Lessons to be learnt for India
Lunch
15.00 17.00	SESSION 6: THE WAY FORWARD – SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Overview of the important challenges and suggestions Possible Policy and Legislative steps to improve the Cloud Computing regime in India
High Tea/Networking Session

Click to read the sub tracks for discussion
Access the speakers' profiles here

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/events/legal-issues-on-cloud-computing

Leave the Net Alone

praskrishna — 2014-12-07T04:12:40Z

The Internet, like the air we breathe, has traditionally been neutral ground. Nobody is allowed to buy preferential treatment on the Internet.

This story was published in BW | Businessworld Issue Dated 15-12-2014. Sunil Abraham gave his inputs.

“The Internet is currently not broke, and the FCC is out to fix it,” began John Oliver, American talk-show host and comedian, introducing his show’s discussion on Net neutrality. America’s telecom regulator Federal Communications Council (FCC) had just proposed allowing Internet carriers to give preference on their network to websites in exchange for a fee.

For example, in an Indian context, if BW| Businessworld was to, hypothetically, pay Airtel a fee, and Airtel were to, in turn, give priority access to the website, it might be natural to argue that eventually, Airtel subscribers would prefer BW|Businessworld’s website over its rivals’.

The Internet, like the air we breathe, has traditionally been neutral ground. Nobody (read, no corporate) is allowed to buy preferential treatment on the Internet. “The point of Net neutrality is that on the Internet you cannot have discrimination on where the information is originating from or who is the consumer,” says Mihir Parikh, partner at law firm Nishith Desai Associates. He compares it to telephone networks where calls get connected on a first-come basis. Nobody has a predominant right over call connections.

And that is exactly what the FCC’s proposals threatens to change, by allowing American carriers such as Verizon or Comcast to charge a fee to give priority on their network to fee payers, like, for example, Daily Motion, which would then get an advantage over rival YouTube. On 10 September, several websites including Mozilla and Netflix deliberately slowed down their sites to show how a slow Internet would look like. Last week, US president Barack Obama put his weight behind a free Internet, where nobody can pay ‘their way up’. The FCC will make its final recommendations next year.

While an Indian browsing the Net is not likely to be affected by the FCC recommendations, it is possible that the transmission of less favoured US-based websites do not get priority, thereby slowing access to them, says Parikh.

But the episode calls attention to the picture in India. “There are no specific laws that speak to the Net neutrality situation in India,” says Sunil Abraham of Centre for Internet Security. So it could be possible that carriers are already censoring speeds to certain services that take up heavy bandwidth. Slow speeds for torrent downloads are an example. Abraham calls for crowd sourced, technically sound research to explore whether carriers are engaging in such practices, as a prelude to petitioning the government for enlightened regulation.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/businessworld-november-25-2014-leave-the-net-alone

Learning through Archives: A Colloquium on Digital Scholarship

praskrishna — 2016-11-05T11:27:10Z

FLAME University had invited Centre for Internet & Society to join a colloquium to delve into the opportunities and challenges of digital studies in India, with particular emphasis on pedagogy and the archive.

P.P. Sneha represented the Centre for Internet & Society in the event held at Pune on October 16, 2016. Asian Art Archive, Ashok Ranade Music Archive, National Film Archives of India, and National Museum also participated in the dialogue.

For more details visit http://editors.cis-india.org/raw/learning-through-archives-a-colloquium-on-digital-scholarship