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USTR elaborates the Two Dozen Digital Rules of Club TPP
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 29, 2016
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last modified
Jul 29, 2016 08:00 AM
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filed under:
Free Trade Agreement,
IPR,
Trans Pacific Partnership,
Access to Knowledge
Members of the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are now scrounging the world to include more countries in its fold. The Digital 2 Dozen(D2D) is a bite-sized document which packs the TPP into 24 key tenets. The D2D, aggressively championed by the US as the path forward for the global digital economy poses some critical questions for India: first, how will India position itself against US pressure in the larger scheme of US-India foreign relations, and how much is it willing to concede its policies in the name of trade; second, how will reduced barriers and establishment of a level field for Indian and foreign IT and internet companies alike, hurt Indian consumers and businesses?
This week, the Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Robert Holleyman discussed the Digital 2 Dozen document with Ambassador Shyam Saran (Chairman, RIS). The exchange was moderated by Samir Saran (Observer Research Foundation). I attended the discussion and this post is a summary of the key points.
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Vacancy: Programme Officer (Delhi)
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by
Pranav M B
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published
Mar 14, 2019
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last modified
Mar 29, 2019 08:44 AM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, for research on intellectual property rights and access to knowledge. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Delhi office.
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Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada literature to enrich Wikisource
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 20, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Kannada Wikipedian Omshivaprakash, Pavithra and I co-authored this article on digitizing Vachana Sahitya, a 11th century Kannada literature on WikiSource.
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Blog
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Vachana Sanchaya: Bringing Access to 11th century Kannada Literature
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Apr 08, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The blog post throws light on providing access to Vachana Sanchaya, a eleventh century Kannada literature.
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Blog
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Van Bodh Workshop for content development on Forest Resources at Gadchiroli
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 06, 2018
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Event
CIS-A2K has collaborated with Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI) to facilitate development of Open knowledge resources on Community Forest Resource and content development in Wikimedia projects with community participation. These contents will become a part of "Van Bodh Knowledge repository".
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Events
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Vidhi Doshi - Fingerprint Payments Prompt Privacy Fears in India (The Guardian)
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Vidhi Doshi
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published
Feb 10, 2017
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last modified
Feb 13, 2017 09:21 AM
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filed under:
Demonetisation,
Digital Payment,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
This article by Vidhi Doshi on the use of Aadhaar-based payments by private companies in India was published by The Guardian on February 09, 2017. Sumandro Chattapadhyay is quoted in the article.
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News & Media
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Vodafone Report Explains Government Access to Customer Data
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by
Joe Sheehan
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published
Jun 16, 2014
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last modified
Jun 19, 2014 10:38 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
Vodafone Group PLC, the world’s second largest mobile carrier, released a report on Friday, June 6 2014 disclosing to what extent governments can request their customers’ data.
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Blog
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War Driving in Lhasa Vegas
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by
Oxblood Ruffin
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published
Aug 17, 2015
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last modified
Aug 17, 2015 08:19 AM
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filed under:
Histories of Internet,
RAW Blog
This post by Oxblood Ruffin is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Oxblood Ruffin is a hacktivist and film maker. He joined the CULT OF THE DEAD COW in 1996 as its Foreign Minister. Colonel Ruffin is co-author of the Hacktivismo Enhanced Source Software Licencse Agreement (HESSLA), network curmudgeon, and line cook. He will publish a book on information warfare in 2016. In this essay, Colonel Ruffin traces the history of Internet access in Dharamsala, and the factors at play in shaping it - mundane and maverick, familiar and outlier.
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Western Ghats Portal: Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 08, 2011
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filed under:
Open Data,
Openness
The Western Ghats portal team is organising a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state on biodiversity informatics on 25 November 2011 at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.
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What 66A Judgment Means For Free Speech Online
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Mar 27, 2015
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filed under:
IT Act,
Censorship,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Chilling Effect
This week India's Supreme Court redefined the boundaries of freedom of speech on the internet. With the Court's decision in Shreya Singhal & Ors. v. Union of India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has been struck down in entirety and is no longer good law.
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