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On the Path to Global Open Access: A Few More Miles to Go: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 01, 2011 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 02:35 PM
This editorial by PLoS Medicine Editors Virginia Barbour, Jocalyn Clark, Susan Jones, Melissa Norton, and Emma Veitch was published in the magazine's March 2011, Volume 8, Issue 3.
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Peeping Toms In Your Inbox: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:42 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Nothing’s safe any more—not your mobile number, nor your e-mail—as they’re put on offer for the benefit of telemarketers, writes Namrata Joshi and Neha Bhatt in an article published in the Outlook.
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‘Piracy is now a mainstream political phenomenon': by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 23, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:44 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
“Piracy has become a mainstream political phenomenon,” said Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society in the city. The piracy that he was referring to was not the piracy of the high seas but the piracy of intellectual property.
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Why piracy is tough to rein in: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 06, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:16 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
“Video market is being treated as a poor cousin of the film industry”
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Point By Point Rebuttal Of Indian Government’s Statement On Internet Control Rules: by Prasad Krishna — published May 13, 2011 — last modified May 25, 2011 12:46 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society has published a point-by-point rebuttal of the statement issued by India’s Department of Information Technology on India’s Internet Control Rules. The text below is reproduced from CIS India’s website, under a CC-BY license (which means anyone can re-publish it, with attribution. You can, too). We’ve highlighted (in bold) certain statements in the rebuttal. This article by Nikhil Pahwa was published in Medianama on May 13, 2011.
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'Pakistan' hackers target India's top police agency: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 16, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:26 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Cyber-attackers who identified themselves as the "Pakistan Cyber Army" have hacked the website of India's top police agency, officials said on Saturday. The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by programmers who left a message saying that the attack was in revenge for similar Indian assaults on Pakistani sites, Press Trust of India said. The hackers signed their message on the Indian police website: "Long Live Pakistan."
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Portal augurs well for transparency: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2011 — last modified Jul 26, 2011 03:16 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Data.gov.in will have meta-data, which will facilitate discovery of data and access from portals of ministries, says T Ramachandra. The article was published in the Hindu on 25 July 2011.
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Centre for Study of Culture and Society seeks Programme Associate: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 26, 2010
The Higher Education Cell, Centre for Study of Culture and Society is looking for a Programme Associate to help develop e-content and conduct training programmes for projects under its Social Justice and Networked Higher Education Initiatives.
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The print-impaired millions and their right to read: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:10 PM — filed under: Accessibility
Books, books everywhere, but not a word to read. This is the scenario for the approximately 70 million print-impaired in India, a sizeable population that includes the visually-impaired young people as well the elderly — whose vision depletes with advancing age.
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Activists welcome privacy Bill, but point out concerns: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 25, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:42 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Experts have welcomed the government's move to bring in a law for protecting individual privacy, amid concerns about the potential misuse of personal data it is collecting to execute social welfare and security schemes.
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