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India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 18, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Accessibility, Intermediary Liability, Technological Protection Measures
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari gives us an overview of some of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the copyright issues identified therein.
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India: The New Front Line in the Global Struggle for Internet Freedom: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 18, 2012 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
The government tussles with Internet freedom activists in the world's largest democracy.
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Indian government at second position after U.S.A for demanding user data from Google: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
The Indian government has secured 2nd position in the list of the governments demanding for Web user information. It is behind only from the United States government.
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Indian Intermediary Liability Regime: Compliance with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability: by Divij Joshi — published May 20, 2018 — last modified May 20, 2018 03:14 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Privacy
This report assesses the compliance of the Indian intermediary liability framework with the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability, and recommends substantive legislative changes to bring the legal framework in line with the Manila Principles.
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Inter Movements Open Forum: Trafficking Bill: by Admin — published May 25, 2018 — last modified Aug 18, 2018 09:21 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
On 18 May 2018 Gurshabad Grover on behalf of CIS presented comments on the Trafficking (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018 at a meeting of the Inter Movements Open Forum jointly organised by Sangram, Naz Foundation, NNSW, Tarshi and VAMP. The meeting was held at India International Centre in New Delhi.
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Intermediary Liability & Freedom of Expression — Executive Summary: by Rishabh Dara — published Sep 14, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2016 11:54 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
This document provides a critique of “The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 and proposes an alternate set of Rules.
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet 2011: by Rishabh Dara — published Apr 10, 2012 — last modified Apr 21, 2012 06:05 PM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Intermediaries are widely recognised as essential cogs in the wheel of exercising the right to freedom of expression on the Internet. Most major jurisdictions around the world have introduced legislations for limiting intermediary liability in order to ensure that this wheel does not stop spinning. With the 2008 amendment of the Information Technology Act 2000, India joined the bandwagon and established a ‘notice and takedown’ regime for limiting intermediary liability.
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Intermediary Liability in India: Chilling Effects on Free Expression on the Internet: by Rishabh Dara — published Apr 27, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:22 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Research, Featured, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Google India conducted the Google Policy Fellowship 2011. This was offered for the first time in Asia Pacific as well as in India. Rishabh Dara was selected as a Fellow and researched upon issues relating to freedom of expression. The results of the paper demonstrate that the ‘Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011’ notified by the Government of India on April 11, 2011 have a chilling effect on free expression.
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Intermediary liability law needs updating: by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 13, 2019 — filed under: Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability
The time has come for India to exert its foreign policy muscle. There is a less charitable name for intermediary liability regimes like Sec 79 of the IT Act — private censorship regimes.
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Intermediary Liability Resources: by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 06:45 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance, Intermediary Liability, Privacy
We bring you a list of intermediary resources as part of research on internet governance. This blog post will be updated on an ongoing basis.
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