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Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi v. Facebook and Ors (Order dated December 20, 2011): by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 20, 2012 — last modified Feb 20, 2012 06:02 PM — filed under: IT Act, Google, Court Case, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Facebook, Censorship, Resources
This is the order passed on December 20, 2011 by Addl. Civil Judge Mukesh Kumar of the Rohini Courts, New Delhi. All errors of spelling, syntax, logic, and law are present in the original.
Located in Internet Governance / Resources
National Public Meeting on Software Patents: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 17, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:45 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
This meeting will feature the following speakers: Nagarjuna G. (Free Software Foundation of India), Prabir Purkayastha (Delhi Science Forum), Prashant Iyengar (Alternative Law Forum), Venkatesh Hariharan (Red Hat) and Sudhir Krishnaswamy (National Law School)
Located in Openness / Publications / Software Patents
NETmundial Transcript Archive: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 23, 2014
We are archiving the live transcript from the NETmundial meeting (April 23-24, 2014).
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 12, 2011 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:34 PM — filed under: Access to Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Access to Knowledge
A draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available now for the first time, provides insight into India's response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 09, 2013 — last modified Jan 09, 2013 05:56 PM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Public Accountability
The Government of India has taken our advice and reconstituted the Cyber Regulations Advisory Commitee. But there is no representation of Internet users, citizens, and consumers — only government and industry interests.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
NTIA to give up control of the Internet's root: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 18, 2014 — last modified Mar 18, 2014 06:21 PM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
On Friday evening the U.S. government's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it was setting into motion a transition to give up a few powers that it holds over some core Internet functions, and that this would happen by September 2015. Pranesh Prakash provides a brief response to that announcement.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
On the Internet, how much is too much?: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 14, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:19 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Hindu carried a piece on 05/08/2009, discussing the Avinash Kashyap / defamation of the President case.
Located in News & Media
Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 12, 2011 05:00 PM — filed under: IT Act, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, YouTube, Social media, Internet Governance, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship, Social Networking
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal wants Internet intermediaries to pre-censor content uploaded by their users. Pranesh Prakash takes issue with this and explains why this is a problem, even if the government's heart is in the right place. Further, he points out that now is the time to take action on the draconian IT Rules which are before the Parliament.
Located in Internet Governance
Open Debate: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 04, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:34 PM — filed under: Openness
Deepa Kurup's article in Frontline on the battle over open standards in e-governance.
Located in News & Media
Open Government Data: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 16, 2012 — last modified Jul 16, 2012 12:42 PM — filed under: Openness
The Transparency & Accountability Initiative published a book titled “Opening Government: A Guide to Best Practice in Transparency, Accountability and Civic Engagement across the Public Sector”. The Centre for Internet & Society contributed a chapter on Open Government Data.
Located in Openness

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