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Digital AlterNatives Video Contest: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 04, 2012 04:54 AM
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Panel 4: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 16, 2012 05:54 AM
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Twists and turns of the SOPA opera: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: Piracy, Intellectual Property Rights
Proposed DNS filtering threatens the core protocol on which the Internet's universality depends, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on 15 January 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
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ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media Accessibility: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2012 — last modified Jul 03, 2012 08:53 AM — filed under: Video, Accessibility
The fourth meeting of the ITU-T Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) took place at the India International Centre, New Delhi on March 13, 2012. The meeting was held in furtherance to an invitation of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India. A two-day tutorial on Audio-Visual Media Accessibility followed the meeting on March 14 and 15, 2012 at the same venue. A total of 20 people participated in this event.
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From Cyber India to Censor India: Groups challenge didactic govt: by Prasad Krishna — published May 01, 2012
Aseem Trivedi is a political cartoonist who was closely associated with Anna Hazare's movement against corruption in India. Having published his cartoons in several newspapers, the 25-year-old, who hails from Kanpur, launched a website called www.cartoonsagainstcorruption.com last year with the intention of reaching his cartoons to a wider audience. But barely two months later, the website was taken down and access to it barred — without any notification to Trivedi.
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2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: by Prasad Krishna — published May 02, 2012 — last modified May 02, 2012 05:04 AM — filed under: Event Type, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
We are pleased to announce the Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion,” and will have a special focus on developments and opportunities in the so-called “BRICS” group of emerging economies. This note invites applications to attend the Congress, including proposals to chair workshops or deliver a paper or presentation related to the Congress’s theme.
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Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A Technical and Policy Analyses: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2011 — filed under: Privacy
Privacy and security are often presented as zero-sum outcomes with respect to issues affecting Internet governance. This dichotomous treatment often results in policy outcomes that directly limit access and rights. The meanings of privacy and security, however, are not used uniformly and often vary with the regards to the issue at hand (i.e. financial crimes, copyright enforcement) as well as cultural and political context.
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Putting Users First: How Can Privacy be Protected in Today’s Complex Mobile Ecosystem?: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2011 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 10:03 AM — filed under: Privacy
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The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and Development: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 15, 2011 — last modified Sep 23, 2011 11:16 AM
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The Truman Show, in Kerala: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 23, 2011 — last modified Sep 23, 2011 01:42 PM
A webcast now allows you to see the goings-on in the CMs office 24x7.The idea is to promote openness,but theres still some way to go for it to make a difference, writes Sankar Radhakrishnan in this article published in the Times of India on
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