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Signing and Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Apr 25, 2014
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May 06, 2014 08:32 AM
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The Centre for Internet and Society sent the following letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development on March 14, 2014.
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Stakeholders Consultation on draft WIPO Treaty to Protect Broadcasting Organization
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Admin
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Oct 23, 2018
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Nov 14, 2018 02:26 AM
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Anubha Sinha participated in a stakeholder consultation organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India to discuss the various aspects of draft WIPO Treaty to Protect Broadcasting Organization, which is under discussion in Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at Copyright Office in New Delhi on October 23, 2018.
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Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCR
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Pranesh Prakash
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Nov 29, 2011
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Nov 30, 2011 06:55 AM
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The twenty-third session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from November 22, 2011 to December 2, 2011. Pranesh Prakash delivered this statement on a new proposal made by South Africa and Mexico (SCCR/23/6) on a treaty for broadcasters.
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Statement of CIS, India, on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 22nd SCCR
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Prasad Krishna
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Jun 22, 2011
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Aug 04, 2011 04:41 AM
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Technological Protection Measures
The twenty-second session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from June 15 to June 24, 2011. Nirmita Narasimhan and Pranesh Prakash are attending the conference. CIS delivered its statement, on the Broadcast Treaty, and made it available in print form as well.
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Super Cassettes v. MySpace
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Ujwala Uppaluri
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Oct 30, 2012
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Oct 31, 2012 10:27 AM
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The Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of intermediaries online and disregard all pragmatic considerations involved. The consequences for free expression and particularly for file sharing by users of services online are especially unfavourable.
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Super Cassettes v. MySpace (Redux)
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Anubha Sinha
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Jan 16, 2017
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Jan 18, 2017 02:31 PM
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The latest judgment in the matter of Super Cassettes v. MySpace is a landmark and progressive ruling, which strengthens the safe harbor immunity enjoyed by Internet intermediaries in India. It interprets the provisions of the IT Act, 2000 and the Copyright Act, 1957 to restore safe harbor immunity to intermediaries even in the case of copyright claims. It also relieves MySpace from pre-screening user-uploaded content, endeavouring to strike a balance between free speech and censorship. CIS was one of the intervenors in the case, and has been duly acknowledged in the judgment.
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Technological Protection Measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
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Pranesh Prakash
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Apr 28, 2010
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May 17, 2012 04:51 PM
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FLOSS,
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In this post Pranesh Prakash conducts a legal exegesis of section 65A of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which deals with the stuff that enables 'Digital Rights/Restrictions Management', i.e., Technological Protection Measures. He notes that while the provision avoids some mistakes of the American law, it still poses grave problems to consumers, and that there are many uncertainties in it still.
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The 2010 Special 301 Report Is More of the Same, Slightly Less Shrill
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Pranesh Prakash
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May 13, 2010
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Oct 03, 2011 05:37 AM
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Consumer Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
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Access to Medicine,
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Data Protection,
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Pranesh Prakash examines the numerous flaws in the Special 301 from the Indian perspective, to come to the conclusion that the Indian government should openly refuse to acknowledge such a flawed report. He notes that the Consumers International survey, to which CIS contributed the India report, serves as an effective counter to the Special 301 report.
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The Game of IPR: Insights from the 6th Global Intellectual Property Convention in Hyderabad
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Samantha Cassar
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Jan 31, 2014
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Jan 31, 2014 09:56 AM
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Copyright,
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IP practitioners and IP creators were among the 1700 participants to gather at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre earlier this month. Here, CIS had the opportunity of listening in on perspectives around the “Optimization of economic value of innovation & IPR in the global market” while attending numerous talks and sessions that were held over the course of the convention’s three days.
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The International Copyright System and Access to Education: Challenges, New Access Models and Prospects for New Principles
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Prasad Krishna
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Jun 01, 2012
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Jun 01, 2012 04:29 AM
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This event organised by Max Planck Institute was held in Munich, Germany on May 14 and 15, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in this event.
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