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- Biometry Is Watching — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:08 PM
- In its first steps, the UID drive encounters practical problems, raises ethical questions, reports Sugata Srinivasaraju in Outlook.
- What Women Want: The ability debates — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:08 PM
- In this article published in the Hindu, Deepa Alexander argues that the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (1957) are restrictive and discriminatory.
- CIS – Internet is neither good nor bad — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:09 PM
- This post is also available in: French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
- Right to Read event in Brussels — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:19 PM
- A 'Right to Read' event is being held at the European Parliament, Brussels on 4 May 2010.
- Mapping the Things that Affect Us — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:05 PM
- 'Map for making change' is a project using geographical mapping techniques to support struggles for social justice in India
- ‘UID is being forced’ — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:20 PM
- CIS feels that the UID project is forced on the citizens.
- ID programme faces first challenge over privacy, data — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:20 PM
- The government is looking to the ID programme to help ensure that various welfare programmes reach the poor
- Their India has No Borders — by Anja Kovacs — last modified Oct 05, 2015 03:08 PM
- Bangalore felt far for them, they would mark it outside the country. India, for migrant labourers, is different from the India we know
- Scrap UID project, say people's organisations — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:26 PM
- The unique identification number project is executed without any legislative or parliamentary sanction.
- UID info can be misused — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:26 PM
- Public organisations, NGOs and concerned citizens feel UID may become an easy database for anti-social elements.
- UID project draws flak from civil rights activists — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:26 PM
- The unique identification project is drawing a flak from civil rights activists.
- Citizens' forums want UID project scrapped — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:26 PM
- Citizens’ forums and groups have stepped up their attack on the Unique Identification Project calling for the complete scrapping of the project.
- Technological Protection Measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified May 17, 2012 04:51 PM
- 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.
- Digital Natives at Republica 2010 — by Nishant Shah — last modified May 15, 2015 11:35 AM
- Nishant Shah from the Centre for Internet and Society, made a presentation at the Re:Publica 2010, in Berlin, about its collaborative project (with Hivos, Netherlands) "Digital Natives with a Cause?" The video for the presentation, along with an extensive abstract is now available here.
- Disability rights groups oppose changes to Copyright Act — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:26 PM
- Disability rights groups are up in arms against a Bill proposing an amendment to the Copyright Act, 1952, reports Aarti Dhar in an article published in the Hindu on April 23, 2010.
- Centre for Study of Culture and Society seeks Programme Associate — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 26, 2010 06:22 AM
- The Higher Education Cell, Centre for Study of Culture and Society is looking for a Programme Associate to help develop e-content and conduct training programmes for projects under its Social Justice and Networked Higher Education Initiatives.
- When Copyright Goes Bad — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:37 AM
- A part of the Access to Knowledge Project, this short film by Consumers International is available on DVD and online at A2Knetwork.org/film.
- The Right Ring Tone — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified May 10, 2012 10:39 AM
- Focus on improving service quality with a strong partner, and not on one-shot stake sales, says Shyam Ponappa in his article published in the Business Standard on April 1, 2010.
- Critical Point of View: Videos — by Nishant Shah — last modified Apr 20, 2010 08:04 PM
- The Second event for the Critical Point of View reader on Wikipedia was held in Amsterdam, by the Institute of Network Cultures and the Centre for Internet and Society. A wide range of scholars, academics, researchers, practitioners, artists and users came together to discuss questions on design, analytics, access, education, theory, art, history and processes of knowledge production. The videos for the full event are now available for free viewing and dissemination.
- Worries voiced over ID project — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 12:33 PM
- An article in The Hindu - 17th April
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