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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?: by Vipul Kharbanda — published Aug 08, 2013 — last modified Aug 08, 2013 11:52 AM — filed under: Consumer Rights, Featured, Access to Knowledge
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) act as an international reference point of the consumer movement, however since it has been over a quarter of a century since they were first drafted, there is a strong argument for revising them to bring them in line with new developments in technology and business practices.
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Can Judges Order ISPs to Block Websites for Copyright Infringement? (Part 2): by Ananth Padmanabhan — published Feb 05, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 04:48 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Piracy, Featured, Homepage
In a three-part study, Ananth Padmanabhan examines the "John Doe" orders that courts have passed against ISPs, which entertainment companies have used to block dozens, if not hundreds, of websites. In this, the second part, he looks at the law laid down by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court on secondary and contributory copyright infringement, and finds that those wouldn't allow Indian courts to grant "John Doe" orders against ISPs.
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Can Judges Order ISPs to Block Websites for Copyright Infringement? (Part 3): by Ananth Padmanabhan — published Feb 14, 2014 — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
In a three-part study, Ananth Padmanabhan examines the "John Doe" orders that courts have passed against ISPs, which entertainment companies have used to block dozens, if not hundreds, of websites. In this, the third and concluding part, he looks at the Indian law in the Copyright Act and the Information Technology Act, and concludes that both those laws restrain courts and private companies from ordering an ISP to block a website for copyright infringement.
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App Developers Series: Products-Services Dichotomy & IP (Part I): by Samantha Cassar — published Apr 10, 2014 — last modified Jul 21, 2014 01:43 AM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge
Recently, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) held a series of interviews in attempts to better understand the ecosystem in which India's mobile app industry is emerging, how it is governed by India's current laws, and how mobile app developers are affected as a result. The following written series maps out the given responses and presents our findings from these interviews and accompanying conversations.
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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.
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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.
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants: by Ankan Barman — published Jun 03, 2021 — filed under: RAW Publications, Researchers at Work, Covid19, Featured, Labour Futures, Aadhaar, Homepage
With the onset of the national lockdown on 24th March 2020 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the fate of millions of migrant workers was left uncertain. In addition, lack of enumeration and registration of migrant workers became a major obstacle for all State Governments and the Central Government to channelize relief and welfare measures.
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World Narrow Web: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 13, 2012 — last modified Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM — filed under: Google, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Twitter, Internet Governance, Featured, Censorship
Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
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Deconstructing Digital Natives: Young People, Technology and the New Literacies: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 24, 2012 — last modified Apr 24, 2015 11:51 AM — filed under: Featured, Researchers at Work, Book Review, Digital Natives
Nishant Shah was invited to do a book review of a new anthology 'Deconstructing Digital Natives', edited by Michael Thomas. The review was published in Routledge's Journal of Children and Media on July 18, 2012.
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Fill The Gap: Global Discussion on Digital Natives: by Nishant Shah — published Jan 15, 2010 — last modified Jan 22, 2010 10:54 AM — filed under: Social media, Digital Activism, Digital Governance, Digital Natives, Agency, Youth, Featured, Cybercultures, New Pedagogies, Digital subjectivities, ICT
More often than not people don't understand the new practices inspired by Internet and digital technologies. As such a series of accusations have been leveled against the Digital Natives. Educators, policy makers, scholars, and parents have all raised their worries without hearing out from the people they are concerned about. Hivos has initiated an online global discussion about Digital Natives. So, to voice your opinion, start tweeting with us now #DigitalNatives.
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