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Screening of 'Steal this Film' (TV Cut): by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 04, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:44 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
A screening of a new edit combining Steal this Film and Steal this Film II, which hasn't been released or screened before. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director, Jamie King.
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Software Freedom Day Inter-college Contest: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 13, 2010 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:24 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
The Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with Mahiti Infotech is co-organising the Software Freedom Day at Gandhi Statue, MG Road, Bangalore on 18 September 2010.
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Seminar on Software Patents and the Commons: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 01, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
A seminar on Software Patents and Commons is being held on 1 September, 2010 in Delhi. It is jointly organised by CIS, Knowledge of Commons and the Software Freedom Law Centre. The event is sponsored by Red Hat. Pranesh Prakesh will speak on Arguments against Software Patents in India.
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Global IP Convention, 2011: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2011 — last modified May 08, 2011 04:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
The Global IP Convention, 2011 is being held at the Lalit Ashok Hotel in Bangalore from 28 to 30 April 2011.
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Seminar on Exceptions and Limitations in Copyright: by Sanchia de Souza — published May 21, 2009 — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:50 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
This is a report on a seminar organised by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, and Government of India on 14 and 15 May 2009, in Kochi, Kerala, to look at exceptions and limitations in copyright. Programme Manager Nirmita Narsimhan, of the Centre for Internet and Society, attended the seminar.
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Response to the Call from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Review of the Copyright Act: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jul 30, 2009 — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility
This blog entry contains a letter sent by Rahul Cherian of Indojuris and Nirmita Narsimhan of the Centre for Internet and Society in response to a call from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for review of the Copyright Act.
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Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 28, 2009 — last modified Sep 21, 2011 06:13 AM — filed under: IT Act, Encryption, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Publications, Censorship
The Centre for Internet and Society commissioned an advocate, Ananth Padmanabhan, to produce a comment on the Draft Rules that have been published by the government under the Information Technology Act. In his comments, Mr. Padmanabhan highlights the problems with each of the rules and presents specific recommendations on how they can be improved. These comments were sent to the Department of Information and Technology.
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WIPO reaches agreement on treaty for blind: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Officials at the World Intellectual Property Organisation have reached an agreement to provide wider access to books for the visually impaired in different countries, a long-pending demand of the World Blind Union and activist groups.
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Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 05:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
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Fifth International IPR Conference (GIPC 2013): by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Feb 03, 2013 02:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
ITAG Business Solutions is organizing its Fifth International IPR conference "GIPC 2013" at Hotel LaLit Ashok, Bangalore, India on the theme "IPR: The Powerhouse of Tomorrow". Snehashish Ghosh is participating in the event and will speak on Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place.
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