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Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of Websites after Sony Complains Infringement of 2014 FIFA World Cup Telecast Rights: by Anubha Sinha — published Jul 08, 2014 — last modified Jul 08, 2014 07:02 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Censorship
Of late the Indian judiciary has been issuing John Doe orders to block websites, most recently in Multi Screen Media v. Sunit Singh and Others. The order mandated blocking of 472 websites, out of which approximately 267 websites were blocked as on July 7, 2014. This trend is an extremely dangerous one because it encourages flagrant censorship by intermediaries based on a judicial order which does not provide for specific blocking of a URL, instead provides for blocking of the entire website.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
India's Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated; Accessible Books Consortium Launched: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 01, 2014 — last modified Jul 01, 2014 11:09 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
On Day 1 of the 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”), the WIPO organized an event to mark India’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013 (“Marrakesh Treaty”), and to launch the Accessible Books Consortium (“ABC”).
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property: Part B — India's National Program on Intellectual Property Management: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 26, 2014 — last modified Jun 26, 2014 03:27 PM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge
As a second part in the series on Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property this blog post deals with the documents introduced at the Stakeholders’ Consultation for India’s National Program on Intellectual Property.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Not a Goodbye; More a ‘Come Again’: Thoughts on being Research Director at a moment of transition: by Nishant Shah — published Jun 15, 2014 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Featured, Internet Studies, Research
As I slowly make the news of my transition from being the Research Director at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, to taking up a professorship at the Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany, there is a question that I am often asked: “Are you going to start a new research centre?” And the answer, for the most part, is “No.”
Located in RAW
Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property (Part A): India's National Programme on Intellectual Property Management: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 10, 2014 — last modified Jun 10, 2014 07:34 AM — filed under: Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This blog post discusses India’s National Program on Intellectual Property Management, including the establishment of a National Institute of Intellectual Property Rights.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
From Taboo to Beautiful - Menstrupedia: by Denisse Albornoz — published Apr 30, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:25 PM — filed under: Making Change, Net Cultures, Research, Featured, Researchers at Work
On this post, we take a look at 'menstrual activism' -a movement that despite its trajectory in feminism, remains unnoticed in most accounts of traditional and digital activism. We interview Tuhin Paul, the artist and storyteller behind Menstrupedia, an India-based social venture creating comics to shatter the myths and misunderstandings surrounding menstruation around the world.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change
The Embodiment of the Right to Privacy within Domestic Legislation: by Tanvi Mani — published Apr 29, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 02:37 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Right to Privacy is a pivotal construct, essential to the actualization of justice, fairness and equity within any democratic society. It is an instrument used to secure the boundaries of an individual’s personal space, in his interaction with not only the rest of society but also the State.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Digital Humanities and the Problem of Definition: by Sneha PP — published Apr 25, 2014 — last modified Mar 30, 2015 12:47 PM — filed under: Featured, Researchers at Work, Mapping Digital Humanities in India, Digital Humanities
The Digital Humanities as a field that still eludes definition has been the subject of much discourse and writing. This blog post looks at this issue as one of trying to approach the field from a disciplinary lens, and the challenges that this may pose to the attempts at a definition.
Located in RAW / Digital Humanities
Banking Policy Guide: by Kartik Chawla — published Apr 22, 2014 — last modified Jan 22, 2015 02:54 PM — filed under: Banking, Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
To gain a practical perspective on the existing banking practices and policies in India in this project, an empirical study of five separate and diverse banks has been conducted. The forms, policy documents, and other relevant and available documents of these banks have been analysed in this project.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Multimedia Storytellers: Panel Discussion: by Denisse Albornoz — published Apr 16, 2014 — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:26 PM — filed under: Making Change, Net Cultures, Research, Featured, Researchers at Work
This post brings three storytellers together to find points of intersection between their methods. The format will be that of a panel discussion and it features: Arjun Srivathsa from Pocket Science India, Ameen Haque from the Storywallahs, and Ajay Dasgupta from The Kahani Project. They discuss technology, interpretation and action in storytelling.
Located in Digital Natives / Making Change

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