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- Wikipedia Academy in Mangalore — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:20 PM
- The one-day workshop will focus on the use of Indian languages in Wikipedia, editing and its application in academics.
- Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:16 PM
- The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and in partnerships with the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict), the National Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NTC), the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australian Government, and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) Thailand are organising the "Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities" to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 25 to 27 August 2009. The Forum is hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Thailand, Government of Kingdom of Thailand. Ms. Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, Centre for Internet and Society, India will be giving a presentation on Policy Formulation for Internet and Electronic Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities.
- A Comment on the 2009 IGF Draft Programme Paper — by Anja Kovacs — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:15 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society is part of a broad group of civil society actors that submitted a comment on the Draft Programme Paper of the fourth Internet Governance Forum (IGF), taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2009. The IGF is a forum for multistakeholder policy dialogue on Internet governance issues. The comment decries the complete absence of attention for Internet Rights and Principles in the agenda as it stands as of today, and this despite repeated requests from a wide range of stakeholders to make this theme a central one. All stakeholder groups were invited to submit their comments on the Draft Programme Paper of the 2009 IGF to the IGF Secretariat by 15 August.
- Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP Enforcement — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:48 PM
- This open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights and thus creating an imbalance in the protection that intellectual property offers to both those who own it as well as those who don't.
- Letter from Civil Society Organizations to CII — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:15 PM
- A total of 29 groups and individuals expressed their concern about the drive by CII to introduce TRIPS-plus enforcement standards in India.
- Piracy Boils Down to Convenience — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:15 PM
- Commercial Piracy is on the rise. But how big a role does money have to play in the piracy game was the question we asked those seated on either side of the proverbial fence.
- On the Internet, how much is too much? — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:19 PM
- The Hindu carried a piece on 05/08/2009, discussing the Avinash Kashyap / defamation of the President case.
- IT Act and Commerce — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
- This is a guest post by Rahul Matthan, partner in the law firm Trilegal, and widely regarded as one of the leading experts on information technology law in India. In this post, Mr. Matthan looks at the provisions in the amended Information Technology Act of interest to commerce, namely electronic signatures and data protection.
- Copyright v. Exercise of Fundamental rights — by Rahul Cherian — last modified Feb 20, 2013 11:07 AM
- In this article, Rahul Cherian analyzes the legal and ethical framework around the issue of copyright in relation to converting materials into accessible formats for the print impaired.
- Copyright Challenges for Print Impaired Persons in India — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AM
- Print impaired persons in India face several hurdles in accessing reading materials- the biggest one being the Indian Copyright Act 1957
- Response to the Call from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Review of the Copyright Act — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AM
- This blog entry contains a letter sent by Rahul Cherian of Indojuris and Nirmita Narsimhan of the Centre for Internet and Society in response to a call from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for review of the Copyright Act.
- Primer on the New IT Act — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
- With this draft information bulletin, we briefly discuss some of the problems with the Information Technology Act, and invite your comments.
- Alternatives? From situated knowledges to standpoint epistemology — by Asha Achuthan — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:42 AM
- The previous post explored, in detail, responses to science and technology in feminist and gender work in India. The idea was, more than anything else, to present an 'attitude' to technology, whether manifested in dams or obstetric technologies, that sees technology as a handmaiden of development, as instrument - good or evil, and as discrete from 'man'. Feminist and gender work in India has thereafter articulated approximately four responses to technology across state and civil society positions - presence, access, inclusion, resistance. The demand for presence of women as agents of technological change, the demand for improved access for women to the fruits of technology, the demand for inclusion of women as a constituency that must be specially provided for by technological amendments, and a need for recognition of technology’s ills particularly for women, and the consequent need for resistance to technology on the same count. Bearing in mind that women’s lived experiences have served as the vantage point for all four of the responses to technology in the Indian context, I will now suggest the need to revisit the idea of such experience itself, and the ways in which it might be made critical, rather than valorizing it as an official counterpoint to scientific knowledge, and by extension to technology. This post, while not addressing the 'technology question' in any direct sense, is an effort to begin that exploration.
- Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 21, 2011 06:13 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan highlights the problems with each of the rules and presents specific recommendations on how they can be improved. These comments were sent to the Department of Information and Technology.
- Letter to ICANN on NCSG — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:41 AM
- The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following mail to ICANN regarding their attempt to impose their own charter for a Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), instead of accepting the one drafted by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).
- N.C.P.E.D.P. and BarrierBreak Technologies put forward National Policy on Electronic Accessibility — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:43 PM
- Article in Disability News and Information Service, 15 July 2009
- Rewiring Bodies: Methodologies of Critique - Responses to technology in feminist and gender work in India — by Asha Achuthan — last modified Aug 03, 2011 09:44 AM
- In this post, part of her CIS-RAW 'Rewiring Bodies' project, Asha Achuthan records the arguments within feminism and gender work that critique the use of technology in the Indian context, and attempts to show continuities between these arguments and postcolonial formulations. Overall, the post also records notions of the 'political' that inform the contour of these critiques.
- Is NASSCOM anti-Open Standards? — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:43 PM
- Article by Shalini Singh on techgoss.com, 10 July 2009
- Tactical Media 3.0--FOSS: The Dynamics of Freedom — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:42 PM
- CIS Executive Director Sunil Abraham will speak at 'Tactical Media 3.0--Foss: The Dynamics of Freedom', a workshop on techniques and philosophy of Free and Open Source Software, 27 July to 1 August, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
- Presentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:42 PM
- CIS Distinguished Fellow Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' at TIFR, Mumbai, on Friday, 24 July 2009.
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