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De facebook
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 08, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 01:41 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Facebook used to be our playground but privacy concerns are now souring that fantasy. Why do we trust a clutch of new corporations with such phenomenal amounts of personal data?
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News & Media
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Enforcement of Anti-piracy Laws by the Indian Entertainment Industry
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 22, 2010
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:35 AM
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filed under:
Piracy,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
This brief note by Siddharth Chadha seeks to map out the key actors in enforcement of copyright laws. These bodies not only investigate cases of infringement and piracy relating to the entertainment industry, but tie up with the police and IP law firms to pursue actions against the offenders through raids (many of them illegal) and court cases. Siddharth notes that the discourse on informal networks and circuits of distribution of cultural goods remains hijacked with efforts to contain piracy as the only rhetoric which safeguards the business interests of big, mostly multinational, media corporations.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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National workshop on Web Accessibility - Thiruvananthapuram (Report)
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Nov 13, 2009
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last modified
Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AM
The third National Workshop on Web Accessibility for Web developers was organised by CIS at Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with SPACE.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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Digital Natives with a Cause? A Report
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Nov 11, 2009
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last modified
Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
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filed under:
Digital Natives
Youth are often seen as potential agents of change for reshaping their own societies. By 2010, the global youth population is expected reach almost 1.2 billion of which 85% reside in developing countries. Unleashing the potential of even a part of this group in developing countries promises a substantially impact on societies. Especially now when youths thriving on digital technologies flood universities, work forces, and governments and could facilitate radical restructuring of the world we live in. So, it’s time we start listening to them.
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CIS Publications
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Nishant Shah
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National Conference on ICTs for the differently- abled/under privileged communities in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship 2009 - (NCIDEEE 2009)
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Oct 13, 2009
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last modified
Aug 31, 2011 10:48 AM
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filed under:
Event Type,
Accessibility
A national level conference on the use of Information and Communication Technology for the differently abled / under privileged community in education, employment and entrepreneurship.
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Events
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Subject To Technology
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by
Nishant Shah
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last modified
Jul 06, 2009 12:06 PM
This paper is an attempt to examine the production of illegalities with reference to cyberspace, to make a symptomatic reading of new conditions within which citizenships are enacted, in the specific context of contemporary India. Looking at one incident each, of cyber-pornography and cyber-terrorism, the paper sets out to look at the State’s imagination of the digital domain, the positing of the ‘good’ cyber citizen, and the production of new relationships between the state and the subject. This essay explores the ambiguities, the dilemmas and the questions that arise when Citizens become Subjects, not only to the State but also to the technologies of the State. The paper first appeared in the Inter Asia Cultural Studies Journal.
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CIS Publications
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Nishant Shah
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Short note on IT Amendment Act, 2008
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 15, 2009
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last modified
Jun 01, 2011 02:45 PM
Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society wrote a short note in February 2009 on the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. This is being posted as a precursor to a more exhaustive analysis of the Act and the rules sought to be promulgated under the Act. Thus, this does not cover the regulations that have been drafted under the Act.
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Internet Governance
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Publications
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Information Technology Act
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Information Technology Act
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 15, 2009
The Information Technology Act, 2000 (amended in 2008) is the main statute that governs online behaviour in India, from e-commerce to cybercrimes, Internet surveillance, and intermediary liability. Thus, understanding that statute is of paramount interest to all Indian 'netizens'.
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Internet Governance
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Publications
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WIPO Broadcast Treaty and Webcasting
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 25, 2009
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last modified
Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Broadcasting,
WIPO
On Friday, 8 May 2009, at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting held a stakeholders' briefing meeting on the Broadcast Treaty that has been on the table at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The purpose of that meeting was to inform the relevant stakeholders of the developments in Geneva, as well as to garner input from them regarding the stance to be adopted by India at the WIPO. Pranesh Prakash from the Centre for Internet and Society participated and made a presentation on webcasting, highlighting the differences between webcasting and broadcasting, and arguing that webcasting should not be part of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Metaphors and Narratives
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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published
May 11, 2009
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last modified
Aug 20, 2011 10:47 PM
A course designed for Christ College, Bangalore
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Curricula & Teaching
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Courses Taught and Designed by CIS
