-
The joys of being a Wikipedian
-
by
Prasad Krishna
—
published
Jul 30, 2014
—
filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Radha Krishna, an engineer, had always wanted to share information online so that people who wanted to learn more could just log in and benefit by reading his articles. Eight years ago he started his own website for this very purpose. But he found it hard to maintain the site. He then chanced upon Wikipedia, the largest open-source encyclopedia, which was then just becoming popular in the country.
Located in
News & Media
-
A Guide to Key IPR Provisions of the Proposed India-European Union Free Trade Agreement
-
by
Glover Wright
—
published
Jul 13, 2010
—
last modified
Aug 30, 2011 01:06 PM
—
filed under:
Development,
Consumer Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
Discussion,
Economics,
Analysis,
Technological Protection Measures,
Intermediary Liability,
innovation,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Patents,
Publications
The Centre for Internet and Society presents a guide for policymakers and other stakeholders to the latest draft of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, which likely will be concluded by the end of the year and may hold serious ramifications for Indian businesses and consumers.
Located in
Access to Knowledge
/
Blogs
-
How the Telecom Act undermines personal liberties
-
by
Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri
—
published
Feb 20, 2024
—
filed under:
Telecom
In this article, Prof. Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri analyse whether the law has enough safeguards and an independent regulatory architecture to protect the rights of citizens. The authors posit that the current version leaves the door open for an overenthusiastic enforcement machinery to suppress fundamental rights without any meaningful checks and balances.
Located in
Telecom
/
Blog
-
Civic hackers seek to find their feet in India
-
by
Prasad Krishna
—
published
Jan 03, 2011
—
last modified
Apr 04, 2011 06:45 AM
—
filed under:
Openness
In 2006, when Sushant Sinha,who holds a doctorate in Internet security from the University of Michigan, tried to use the Indian government’s judicial rulings website, Judis.nic.in, he found it difficult to get the data he was looking for. “Judis.nic.in didn’t have a good text search or ability to sort results by relevance,” Sinha said. The lack of these two critical functions rendered the wealth of data on the site largely unusable.
Located in
News & Media
-
Draft International Principles on Communications Surveillance and Human Rights
-
by
Elonnai Hickok
—
published
Jan 16, 2013
—
last modified
Jul 12, 2013 03:55 PM
—
filed under:
SAFEGUARDS,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
These principles were developed by Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and seek to define an international standard for the surveillance of communications. The Centre for Internet and Society has been contributing feedback to the principles.
Located in
Internet Governance
/
Blog
-
Locating Internets: Histories of the Internet(s) in India — Research Training and Curriculum Workshop: Call for Participation
-
by
Prasad Krishna
—
published
Jun 11, 2011
—
last modified
Jul 21, 2011 06:00 AM
—
filed under:
Development,
Gaming,
Digital Activism,
Digital Governance,
Research,
CISRAW,
Featured,
Cybercultures,
archives,
New Pedagogies,
Workshop,
IT Cities
Deadline for submission: 26th July 2011-06-08;
When: 19th - 22nd August, 2011;
Where: Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad;
Organised by: Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Please Note: Travel support is only available for domestic travel within India.
Located in
Research
/
Conferences & Workshops
/
Conference Blogs
-
Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
-
by
Subhashish Panigrahi
—
published
Feb 23, 2016
—
filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
India would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.
Located in
Internet Governance
/
Blog
-
Privacy, pornography, sexuality (a video)
-
by
Namita A. Malhotra
—
published
Dec 10, 2009
—
last modified
Aug 02, 2011 08:37 AM
—
filed under:
Digital subjectivities,
women and internet,
Censorship,
Obscenity
The video is an attempt to use the material collected for purposes of provoking a discussion around privacy, pornography, sexuality and technology. It focuses largely on an Indian context, which most viewers would be familiar with. The video is pegged around the ban of Savita Bhabhi – a pornographic comic toon – but uses that to open up a discussion on various incidents and concepts in relation to pornography and privacy across Asia.
Located in
RAW
/
…
/
Blogs
/
Porn: Law, Video & Technology
-
Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief
-
by
Subhashish Panigrahi
—
published
Aug 07, 2016
—
filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Konkani Wikipedia
Konkani-language Wikipedians on what they think of Wikipedia as a binding factor for native speakers who speak in different variations of the same language and write in different scripts.
Located in
Access to Knowledge
/
Blogs
-
Interviews with App Developers: Name of the Game (Part IV)
-
by
Samantha Cassar
—
published
Mar 24, 2015
—
last modified
Apr 03, 2015 08:58 AM
—
filed under:
Access to Knowledge
The following is a concluding piece in a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Within this research, CIS attempts to understand how they engage with the law within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine responses given across interviews regarding instances of infringement of IP within their work.
Located in
Access to Knowledge
/
Blogs
