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2016 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property ("WIPIP") Colloquium
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Prasad Krishna
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Feb 20, 2016
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Mar 20, 2016 05:10 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Prof. Jorge Contreras presented a paper co-authored by Rohini Lakshané on the patent landscape conducted for the Pervasive Technologies project at WPIP. The event was held in Washington D.C. on February 19 and 20, 2016. It was organized by School of Law, University of Washington.
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2016-WIPIP-Agenda.pdf
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 03, 2016
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Blogs
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‘A safe Internet and a free Internet can co-exist’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 25, 2015
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last modified
Mar 25, 2015 03:58 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect,
Censorship
Striking down of 66A kicked off celebrations in the IT capital.
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‘Any Normal Human Being Would Be Offended’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Dec 06, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Indian government has asked social media operators to delete information on the Internet that might offend the ‘‘sensibilities’’ of people in India, Kapil Sibal, India’s minister of communications and information technology, said Tuesday, confirming an earlier India Ink report.
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‘By weakening our security, govt is putting us at risk of espionage’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 27, 2015
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last modified
Oct 02, 2015 03:09 AM
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Internet Governance,
Encryption Policy,
Privacy
After the BlackBerry encryption and IT Act fiascos of recent years, the government last week sent yet another cyber policy howler, the Draft National Encryption Policy, only to withdraw it in the face of severe protests. S. Raghotham and Mayukh Mukherjee spoke with Pranesh Prakash, policy director, Centre for Internet & Society, on the government’s continued misadventures with data privacy and encryption.
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‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನು ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್ ಹಂಗಿಲ್ಲ
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 14, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಇದೇ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಮೂರು ದಶಕಗಳಷ್ಟು ಹಳೆಯ ‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ದ ಮೊದಲ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ‘ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ ಲೈಸನ್ಸ್’ನಡಿ (ಮುಕ್ತ ಪರವಾನಗಿ) ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಲಿದೆ
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‘Chilling’ Impact of India’s April Internet Rules
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 08, 2011
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last modified
Jan 27, 2012 04:32 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
Kapil Sibal’s demand that Internet companies self-censor users’ content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. This article by Heather Simmons was published in the New York Times on December 7, 2011.
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‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 29, 2014
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last modified
Apr 04, 2014 12:40 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Digitization is the only way to ensure preservation of valuable Odia books and old palm-leaf manuscripts for posterity, said eminent linguist Padmashri Dr Debiprasanna Pattanayak while inaugurating the two-day Odisha Day celebration organized by the Odia Wikimedia Community at Jayadev Bhawan here today.
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‘Entrepreneurship will become a common, respectable profession’ – 25 quotes from Indian startup journeys
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 25, 2016
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filed under:
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
From success to status, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here). Share these 25 gems and insights from the week of October 16-22 with your colleagues and networks, and check back to the original articles for more insights!
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‘Hacking’ sparks row over exam evaluation
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 07, 2013
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last modified
Jul 02, 2013 08:58 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Over the past two days, Cornell University student Debarghya Das’ blog post on ‘Hacking the Indian Education System’ has kicked off a debate across the country over the security of data published online and the practice of moderation of marks obtained by school students in board examinations.
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