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Comments to the MHRD on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2013)
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Pranesh Prakash
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Apr 23, 2013
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Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
The Centre for Internet and Society would like to make the following comments on the draft legal text of SCCR/24/10 (Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations) at the stakeholders meeting to be held on March 21, 2013.
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CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 25, 2013
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last modified
Apr 25, 2013 11:57 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
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.
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jun 25, 2013
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Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
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CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Jun 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Featured,
WIPO
Pranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
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India's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jun 28, 2013
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Jul 03, 2013 11:42 AM
This was the statement that the Government of India made at the closing of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (17-28 June 2013), after the Marrakesh Treaty (the "Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for the Blind, Visually Impaired and otherwise Print Disabled") was adopted.
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Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Aug 21, 2013
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last modified
Sep 06, 2013 04:56 AM
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Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
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Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest Test
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jan 27, 2014
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Surveillance,
Constitutional Law,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Gautam Bhatia analyses the first case in which the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to privacy, Gobind v. State of Madhya Pradesh, and argues that the holding in that case adopted the three-pronged American test of strict scrutiny, compelling State interest, and narrow tailoring in its approach to privacy violations.
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World Narrow Web
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 13, 2012
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last modified
Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM
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Google,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Twitter,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Censorship
Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
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India's Opening Statement on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 24
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jul 22, 2012
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Jul 23, 2012 03:24 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
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This was the opening statement of the Indian delegation, delivered by G.R. Raghavender, on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the 24th meeting of the SCCR at WIPO in Geneva. The statement called upon all countries to conclude textual work on the treaty and call for a Diplomatic Conference to finalize it.
This statement received applause, which is highly unusual at the SCCR.
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Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 24
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jul 24, 2012
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last modified
Jul 31, 2012 12:35 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from July 16 to 25, 2012.
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