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Meeting of the Global Network on Flexible Limitations and Exceptions: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 15, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 05:59 AM — filed under: Copyright
American University Washington College of Law organized a meeting of the Global Network in Washington D.C., on September 12 to 15, 2012. Pranesh Prakash was one of the 25 participants.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT Roorkee: by Karan Tripathi and Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 17, 2015 — last modified Nov 21, 2015 07:26 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIT Roorkee.
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National IPR Policy Series : Comments on the Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Policy to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Apr 12, 2015 11:39 AM — filed under: Call for Comments, Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Patents
On 13 November, 2014, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had released a Call for Suggestions for India's proposed National IPR Policy. This is the Centre for Internet and Society's (CIS) submission for the same.
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National IPR Policy: Mapping the Stakeholders’ Response: by Akshath Mithal — published Nov 24, 2015 — last modified Nov 24, 2015 03:02 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The first draft of the National IPR Policy was released last December. Following that, a plethora of comments and suggestions was submitted to the DIPP on the same. In this post, I will focus on the comments that were available online and analyse the trends that I was able to find in the same and also highlight the many suggestions put forth by the stakeholders.
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Of Jesters, Clowns and Pranksters: YouTube and the Condition of Collaborative Authorship: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 03, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:24 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright
The idea of a single author creating cinematic objects in a well-controlled scheme of support system and production/distribution infrastructure has been fundamentally challenged by the emergence of digital video sharing sites like YouTube, writes Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in the Journal of Moving Images, Number 8, December 2009.
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Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPR: by Samantha Cassar — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:14 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Public Accountability, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Content
Due to the Holy See’s demonstrated pro-access position to medicines and published materials for persons with disabilities, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) requested for His Excellency, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, to also consider copyrights, patents or IPR more generally, as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer at WIPO. We strongly encourage other organizations and civil society groups to modify this letter, as needed, and to contact the Holy See Mission to the United Nations (and WIPO) in Geneva in order to help us prompt His Excellency to contribute to the international dialogue on IPR.
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Pervasive Technologies Project Presentations at the 4th Global Congress, 2015: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jan 20, 2016 — last modified Jan 21, 2016 04:33 PM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
These are the presentations made by the members of the PT Project team at the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, 2015 at National Law University, New Delhi.
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Pirates, Plagiarisers, Publishers: by Prashant Iyengar — published Mar 09, 2011 — last modified May 29, 2014 05:55 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This article attempts to rescue not by denying the charges of plagiarism, but by charting an alternative trajectory of plagiarism so that each successive instance does not amplify our sense of embarrassment and crisis in the academy. The article by Prashant Iyengar was published in the Economic & Political Weekly, February 26, 2011, Vol XLVI No 9.
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Plagiarism is rampant in Indian food writing – but finally, bloggers have a way to fight it: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 06, 2017 — filed under: Plagiarism, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
“We have been cheated,” declared the headline of the blog post making the rounds of social media on April 25.
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Pranesh Prakash: Influencing India's IP Laws: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 25, 2014 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Pranesh Prakash believes intellectual property laws need to evolve and change with time.
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