Access To Knowledge

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Acess to Knowledge is a campaign to promote the fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development. It deals with issues like copyrights, patents and trademarks, which are an important part of the digital landscape. We prepared the India report for the Consumers International IP Watchlist, made submission to the HRD Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty, questioned the demonisation of pirates, and advocated against laws (such as PUPFIP Bill) that privatize public funded knowledge.

Key Research

Reports

Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011 — India Report, Pranesh Prakash, 17 May 2011.
The 2010 Special 301 Report Is More of the Same, Slightly Less Shrill, Pranesh Prakash, 14 May 2010.
Consumers International IP Watch List 2009, Pranesh Prakash, 5 June 2009.

Submissions

Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011), Pranesh Prakash, submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 21 March 2011.
Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, Pranesh Prakash, submitted to the Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on HRD, 31 May 2010

Peer Reviewed Essays

Exceptions and Limitations in Indian Copyright Law for Education: An Assessment ,Lawrence Liang in the Law and Development Review, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2010, 13 May 2010.
Of Jesters, Clowns and Pranksters: YouTube and the Condition of Collaborative Authorship, Nishant Shah in the Journal of Moving Images, Number 8, December 2009.

Articles

Exhaustion: Imports, Exports and the Doctrine of First Sale in Indian Copyright Law, Pranesh Prakash in Manupatra Intellectual Property Reports, February 2011, Volume 1, Part 2, pp. 149-160.
Pirates, Plagiarisers, Publishers, Prashant Iyengar in Economic & Political Weekly, Vol XLVI No 9, 26 February 2011.
A Guide to Key IPR Provisions of the Proposed India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, Glover Wright, 13 July 2010.

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Blogs: CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13

The informal session and special session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was organised by WIPO in Geneva from April 18 to April 20, 2013. Pranesh Prakash participated in the session and spoke about the rights of the visually impaired. An abridged version of this was read out during the meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 22:15 due to time restrictions.; Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham; Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERI; Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives; Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft); Pervasive Mobile Technologies: Meet Our Mobile Devices!; Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 25; ICOMM2012: International Communications and Electronics Fair; Super Cassettes v. MySpace; CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives; CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty; CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired; Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012; Analysis of Copyright Expansion in the India-EU FTA (July 2010); CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement; CIS Hosts Scanned Version of George Orwell’s Books vs. Cigarettes; Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting; Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCR; Of Jesters, Clowns and Pranksters: YouTube and the Condition of Collaborative Authorship; CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15); Calling Out the BSA on Its BS; Photocopying the past; Copyright Amendment Bill in Parliament; More »

News & Media: A lifetime of five years on the internet

Centre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.; CIS anniversary; Mixed Reactions Among Participants In WIPO Talks On Treaty For The Blind; More »

events: Celebrating 5 Years of CIS
May 20, 2013 10:00 AM to May 23, 2013 08:00 PM, at The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, IInd Stage - 560071 (Near Domlur Club and TERI Complex)

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, 2013.; A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Udupi
Apr 29, 2013 10:00 AM to Apr 29, 2013 05:00 PM, at Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi

The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Kannada wikipedia workshop at the MGM college in Udupi. Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi is sponsoring the event.The workshop will begin at 10.00 a.m. and end by 5.00 p.m. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja will give a talk on Kannada wikipedia.; Land and Social Justice - An introduction to Georgism
Apr 12, 2013 05:00 PM to Apr 12, 2013 07:00 PM, at The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, IInd Stage - 560071 (Near Domlur Club and TERI Complex)

Cherry G Mathew will be giving a public talk on Georgism at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore on April 12, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.; More…