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- Govt for Legalising Parallel Import of Copyright Works; Publishers Oppose — by Shamnad Basheer — last modified Aug 30, 2011 10:19 AM
- Section 2(m) legalises the parallel imports of books and other copyrighted material into India and was part of the initial Copyright Amendment Bill introduced in the Parliament of India in 2010.
- Net Gain — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 29, 2011 11:52 AM
- The draft Electronic Service Delivery Bill, 2011, is aimed at making government services available online. But there are many hurdles to bringing in effective e-governance, says Hemchhaya De
- Between the Stirrup and the Ground: Relocating Digital Activism — by Nishant Shah — last modified May 14, 2015 12:14 PM
- In this peer reviewed research paper, Nishant Shah and Fieke Jansen draws on a research project that focuses on understanding new technology, mediated identities, and their relationship with processes of change in their immediate and extended environments in emerging information societies in the global south. It suggests that endemic to understanding digital activism is the need to look at the recalibrated relationships between the state and the citizens through the prism of technology and agency. The paper was published in Democracy & Society, a publication of the Center for Democracy and Civil Society, Volume 8, Issue 2, Summer 2011.
- Between the Stirrup and the Ground: Relocating Digital Activism — by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 25, 2015 05:58 AM
- In this peer reviewed research paper, Nishant Shah and Fieke Jansen draws on a research project that focuses on understanding new technology, mediated identities, and their relationship with processes of change in their immediate and extended environments in emerging information societies in the global south. It suggests that endemic to understanding digital activism is the need to look at the recalibrated relationships between the state and the citizens through the prism of technology and agency. The paper was published in Democracy & Society, a publication of the Center for Democracy and Civil Society, Volume 8, Issue 2, Summer 2011.
- IISc students boycott UID, don’t want Big Brother to keep watch — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2011 08:24 AM
- The programme doesn’t have statutory backing. It is still in parliament
- In the Right Circle — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2011 07:40 AM
- I’ve been on Google Plus for a few weeks now. In the beginning, it felt like showing up early at a much-talked-up party. There was a small scatter of people, poking around, examining the place, making preliminary conversation with the few others they knew. Most of the talk was, unsurprisingly, about Google Plus.
- Bye Bye email? — by Nishant Shah — last modified Aug 23, 2011 07:31 AM
- Email might be the default method of communication for most of us, but could it be going the telegram way.
- An Interview with David Baines — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 08, 2011 09:33 AM
- Maureen Agena interviewed David Baines, Deputy Director, Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center). Maureen asked questions regarding the status of disabled persons in Qatar, the level of ICT accessibility awareness for PWDs in Qatar, efforts of the Qatar Government towards Mada relating to policy measurements, schemes for PWDs, etc.
- Whole Body Imaging and Privacy Concerns that Follow — by Srishti Goyal — last modified Sep 29, 2011 05:38 AM
- Law student at the National University of Juridical Sciences, and intern for Privacy India, Srishti Goyal compares, contrasts, and critiques the Whole Body Imaging practices found in the US, the UK, and Australia, and makes recommendations for an Indian regime.
- IP Addresses and Expeditious Disclosure of Identity in India — by Prashant Iyengar — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:20 AM
- In this research, Prashant Iyengar reviews the statutory mechanism regulating the retention and disclosure of IP addresses by Internet companies in India. Prashant provides a compilation of anecdotes on how law enforcement authorities in India have used IP address information to trace individuals responsible for particular crimes.
- Cyber Crime & Privacy — by Merlin Oommen — last modified Sep 01, 2011 09:36 AM
- India is a growing area in the field of active Internet usage with 71 million Internet users.
- Financial Inclusion and the UID — by elonnai hickok — last modified Aug 23, 2011 10:36 AM
- Since 2009, when Nandan Nilekani began to envision and implement the Unique Identification Project, the UID authority has promoted the UID/Aadhaar scheme as a tool of development for India - arguing that an identity will assist in bringing benefits to the poor, promote financial inclusion in India, and allow for economic and social development. In this blog entry I will focus on the challenges and possibilities of the UID number providing the residents of India a viable method of access to financial services across the country.
- Open Government Data in India (v2) — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:25 AM
- The first draft of the second version of the Open Government Data Report is now online. Nisha Thompson worked on updating the first version of the report. This updated version of the report on open government data in India includes additional case studies as well as a potential policy (National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy) that would create a central government data portal. The report was distributed for peer review and public feedback.
- The Siege of Android: How Google Lost The OS War — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2011 06:46 AM
- In a narrative beginning in 2016 and ending today, Forbes India recalls how the once irrepressible Google lost the mobile OS war
- The Unsocial Network — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2011 06:47 AM
- Has social media become a threat to democratic states even as it serves as a vehicle against totalitarian regimes? Its abuse during the London riots has reopened the question.
- Hazare 'clicks' with city techies — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2011 06:48 AM
- These days revolutionaries, crusaders and even rioters use social networking to further their cause. After the Arab Spring and the London riots, social networking is now playing a key role in Anna Hazare's ongoing anti-corruption campaign. Bangalore techies are in demand to run the show.
- CCTV in Universities — by Merlin Oommen — last modified Sep 01, 2011 09:50 AM
- Basic Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Infrastructure is used to observe movements from a central room, and consists of one or more video cameras that transmit video and audio images to a set of monitors or video recorders.
- Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2011 09:21 AM
- The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
- Nothing unique about this identity — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2011 09:12 AM
- Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking peeping tom to install your window blinds, opined, not long ago, the American poet and novelist John Perry Barlow once. The statement attains significance in the context of Unique Identification (UID) project which is being touted as a milepost in inclusive politics. Liberalisation evangelists see UID project as the most virtuous thing that can ever happen to the Indian people who find themselves excluded from the system.
- Tired of tele-marketing calls? Act on privacy right: Experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2011 09:00 AM
- Annoyed with unsolicited calls from insurance and banking companies? Under the proposed Right to Privacy Act, such calls would be considered a violation and the company responsible penalised up to Rs 5 lakh. The draft Right to Privacy Bill says that no person with a business in the country can collect or disclose any data relating to any individual without his/her consent.
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