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CI Global Meeting on A2K: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 21, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:08 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
CIS is a co-sponsor of the Consumers International Meeting on A2K
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Did Sibal just get arm-twisted by book publishers?: by Prasad Krishna — published May 28, 2012 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The publishing industry seems to have got the better of the Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal. Pranesh Prakash's article on parallel importation of books is referred in this article published in FirstPost on May 25, 2012.
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March 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified May 30, 2014 12:12 PM
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcome you to the third issue of the newsletter (March) for the year 2014.
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Open Letter to the Finance Committee: UID and Transactions: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 17, 2011 — last modified Feb 24, 2011 01:35 PM — filed under: Privacy
Since official documentation from the UIDAI is very limited, we assume that data pertaining to transactions would comprise of the Aadhaar number, identifier of the authenticating device, date-time stamp, and approval/rejection/error code. Recording and maintaining of data pertaining to transactions is very important because it increases transparency and accountability through an audit trail. However, storage of such sensitive data creates many privacy risks, because more often than not metadata gives you as much intelligence as raw data.
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Enabling Access to Education through ICT: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 08, 2010 — last modified Aug 31, 2011 10:41 AM — filed under: Event Type, Accessibility
ICT workshop in Delhi...starts from Wednesday, 27 October 2010...ends on Friday, 29 October 2010.
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January 2015 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2015 — last modified Feb 26, 2015 05:02 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikipedia, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities, NVDA, Openness, Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.
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Will India win net neutrality battle?: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 11, 2016 — filed under: Social Media, Freedom of Speech and Expression, TRAI, Net Neutrality, Internet Governance
There is more than what meets the eye in Facebook’s ‘noble mission’ of providing internet for all.
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An India Where the Disabled have a Choice: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 06, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
The Roundtable on Digital Access to the Disabled held in Bangalore brought forward many issues related to the topic. Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan, Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society speaks to Dr. Archana Verma about the problems faced by the disabled while using technology. Being herself partially visually impaired, this is an interview from an expert as well as the personal experiences of a person from the disabled group.
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Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in India: Availability and Openness of Data (Part I): by Kiran AB — published Feb 22, 2016 — last modified Jan 02, 2017 02:12 PM — filed under: Open Data, Open Government Data, Data Revolution, Openness, Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an internationally agreed upon set of developmental targets to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs with 169 targets, and each target is mapped to one or more indicators as a measure of evaluation. In this and the next blog post, Kiran AB is documenting the availability and openness of data sets in India that are relevant for monitoring the targets under the SDGs. This post offers the findings for the first 7 Goals, while the next post will cover the last 10.
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The Online Video Environment in India - A Survey Report: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 25, 2011 — last modified Oct 03, 2011 09:31 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Content, Publications, Open Video
iCOMMONS, the OPEN VIDEO ALLIANCE, and the CENTRE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY have initiated a research project which seeks to survey the online video environment in India and the opportunities this new medium presents for creative expression and civic engagement. This report seeks to define key issues in the Indian context and begins to develop a short-term policy framework to address them.
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