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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four negative ones, and notes the several missed opportunities. The larger concern, though, is that many important issues have not been addressed by these amendments, and how copyright policy is made without evidence and often out of touch with contemporary realities of the digital era.
- Accessibility
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ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
The fourth meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) took place at the India International Centre, New Delhi on March 13, 2012. The meeting was held in furtherance to an invitation of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India. A two-day tutorial on Audio-Visual Media Accessibility followed the meeting on March 14 and 15, 2012 at the same venue. A total of 20 people participated in this event.
- An Analysis of the Comments by World Blind Union and the International Publishers Association
- Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective
- Openness
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It has been a slow but steady move to make scholarship freely available, writes Prof. Arunachalam in an article published by the Indian Express on May 8, 2012.
- Arduino Introductory Workshop at CIS
- Hejje — Together with Kannada & Technology
- Internet Governance
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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
- The Private Eye
- Open letter to Kolaveri Di makers: How Dare You!
- RAW
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Habits of Living: Global Networks, Local Affects
“Networks” have become a defining concept of our epoch. From high-speed financial networks that erode national sovereignty to networking sites like Facebook that transform the meaning of the word “friend,” from blogs that foster new political alliances to unprecedented globe-spanning viral vectors that threaten world-wide catastrophe, networks allegedly encapsulate what’s new and different.
- Interface Intimacies
- Locating the Mobile: An Ethnographic Investigation into Locative Media in Melbourne, Bangalore and Shanghai
- Access to Knowledge
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Copyright Madness
Prompted by courts and piracy-fearing businesses, Indian ISPs have taken down popular, legitimate websites. This Op-ed by Lawrence Liang and Achal Prabhala was published in the Indian Express on May 22, 2012.
- Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
- 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Call for Participation and Save the Date
- Telecom
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The Coming Telecom Monopoly
The 2G judgment and Trai spectrum pricing recommendations have led to a policy that makes sense for only one survivor.
- China 3: Build Comprehensive Ecosystems
- Convergence India 2012
- Digital Natives
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We Are All Cyborgs
The cyborg reminds us that who we are as human beings is very closely linked with the technologies we use.
- Framing the Digital AlterNatives
- D:Coding Digital Natives
- Videos
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D:Coding Digital Natives
Nishant Shah was invited for a public talk at the University of California, Los Angeles. He presented the work done on Digital Natives and spoke about questions of participation and resistance. The talk has been featured in the YouTube channel.
- Secure IT 2012 — Securing Citizens through Technology
- Francis Bags EPT Award for Open Access in Developing World