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Comments to ICANN Supporting the DNS Industry in Underserved Regions: by Jyoti Panday — published Jun 13, 2014 — last modified Jul 04, 2014 06:48 AM — filed under: IG4all, ICANN, Internet Governance, Accountability
Towards exploring ideas and strategies to help promote the domain name industry in regions that have typically been underserved, ICANN published a call for public comments on May 14, 2014. In particular, ICANN sought comments related to existing barriers to Registrar Accreditation and operation and suggestions on how these challenges might be mitigated. CIS contributed to the comments on this report, which will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name industry in underserved regions.
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DIDP Request #1: ICANN's Expenditures on "Travel & Meetings": by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 05, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of expenditure by ICANN at its Meetings. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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DIDP Request #4: ICANN and the NETmundial Principles: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 05, 2015 — last modified Mar 05, 2015 08:28 AM — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of ICANN's implementation of the NETmundial Principles that it has endorsed widely and publicly. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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DIDP Request #6: Revenues from gTLD auctions: by Geetha Hariharan — published Mar 10, 2015 — last modified Mar 10, 2015 10:59 AM — filed under: ICANN, DIDP, Transparency, Accountability
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking information regarding revenues received from gTLD auctions. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS RTI - IMPROPER PAYMENT - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS (FIRST) RTI - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS (SECOND) RTI REQUEST - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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DIPP RESPONSE TO CIS (THIRD) RTI REQUEST - FEBRUARY, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 14, 2015 — filed under: Government Information, Access to Knowledge, DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Accountability, NATIONAL IPR POLICY, IPR THINK TANK
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 15, 2015 — last modified Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies, DIPP, RTI, National IPR Policy, Accountability, Featured, IPR Think Tank, Homepage
In earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and CIS’ comments to the IPR Think Tank in response to the first draft of the Policy. Continuing our National IPR Policy Series, this article documents our requests to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP” / “the Department”) under the Right to Information (“RTI”) Act, 2005 and the responses of the Department.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
CIS Statement at ICANN 49's Public Forum: by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 27, 2014 — last modified Jun 04, 2014 05:31 AM — filed under: IANA, IG4all, Internet Governance, Accountability, ICANN, North vs South
This was a statement made by Pranesh Prakash at the ICANN 49 meeting (on March 27, 2014), arguing that ICANN's bias towards the North America and Western Europe result in a lack of legitimacy, and hoping that the IANA transition process provides an opportunity to address this.
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