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Preventive Detention for Copyright Violation: Karnataka Amends the 'Goondas' Act
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Aug 13, 2014
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Last week, the Government of Karnataka amended the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Gamblers Act, 1985 (“the Karnataka Goondas Act”). The Karnataka Goondas Act would now also apply to offences under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology Act, 2000. This article presents an overview on the various provisions of this law and discusses the potential impact of the amendment.
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 25, 2013
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
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Privacy and the Indian Copyright Act
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 28, 2010
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last modified
Aug 06, 2013 01:37 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Copyright
India's Copyright Act was established in 1957, and is in the process of being placed before the Parliament in 2010. The provisions in the proposed Bill will work to make the Act WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) compliant. When looking at privacy in the context of copyright four key questions arise, says Elonnai Hickock as she analyses privacy in the context of the Indian Copyright Act.
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Privacy and the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as Amended in 2010
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 20, 2010
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 03:25 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
In this post the author examines the issue of privacy in light of the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as amended by the Copyright Amendment Bill in 2010. Four key questions are examined in detail and the author gives suitable recommendations for each of the questions that arise.
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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 16, 2010
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last modified
Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Technological Protection Measures
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
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RCEP IP Chapter: A Serious Threat to Access to Knowledge/ Cultural Goods?
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by
Arul George Scaria and Anubha Sinha
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published
Aug 01, 2017
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Negotiators from sixteen countries are currently meeting in Hyderabad for discussing a free trade agreement titled Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & Society
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 23, 2016
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last modified
Apr 04, 2016 02:39 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
This report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
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Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Dec 04, 2009 10:18 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility,
Copyright
This research paper details the need for an amendment of the present provisions of Copyright laws and help enable the print impaired gain access to published works. The paper was submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development in November to appraise it of the needs of the print disabled community. The paper is up for public comments and we welcome your feedback for this ongoing campaign.
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Ring Side View : Update on WIPO Negotiations on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Aug 13, 2012
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last modified
Aug 13, 2012 04:34 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
As a legal advisor of the World Blind Union and part of the World Blind Union delegation to the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) that concluded on July 25, 2012 I had a ring side seat to the negotiations that happened between Member States in relation to the Treaty.
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Seminar on Rethinking Copyright and Licensing for Digital Publishing Today (Delhi, January 23)
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jan 20, 2017
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last modified
Jan 21, 2017 02:51 PM
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filed under:
Copyright,
License,
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Publishing,
Digital Scholarship
Against the backdrop of a growing global and domestic digital publishing industry on one hand and the recent judgment by the Delhi High Court that upheld the education exception to reproduction of academic and literary works, Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi, and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are organising a seminar to discuss and reflect on the relevance and functions of copyright and licensing within the transforming market practices and legal structures of the publishing industry today.
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