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CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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Pranesh Prakash
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Jul 22, 2012
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filed under:
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
This was the statement read out by Pranesh Prakash at the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, on Friday, July 20, 2012.
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Did Sibal just get arm-twisted by book publishers?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 28, 2012
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
The publishing industry seems to have got the better of the Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal. Pranesh Prakash's article on parallel importation of books is referred in this article published in FirstPost on May 25, 2012.
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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
May 23, 2012
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last modified
Nov 12, 2013 02:13 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Fair Dealings,
Piracy,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Economics,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Technological Protection Measures
There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four negative ones, and notes the several missed opportunities. The larger concern, though, is that many important issues have not been addressed by these amendments, and how copyright policy is made without evidence and often out of touch with contemporary realities of the digital era.
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2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Call for Participation and Save the Date
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2012
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
The Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest will take place in FGV Law School, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from December 15 to 17, 2012. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion.” We invite applications to attend the Congress, including proposals to chair workshops or deliver a paper or presentation related to the Congress’s theme.
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2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
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by
Prasad Krishna
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May 02, 2012
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last modified
May 02, 2012 05:04 AM
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Event Type,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
We are pleased to announce the Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion,” and will have a special focus on developments and opportunities in the so-called “BRICS” group of emerging economies. This note invites applications to attend the Congress, including proposals to chair workshops or deliver a paper or presentation related to the Congress’s theme.
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Expert Meeting on Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Rights
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Mar 16, 2012
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last modified
Mar 16, 2012 07:41 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
This report provides an overview of the discussion from the Expert Meeting on Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Rights, organized by ARTICLE 19 in London on November 18, 2011.
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Twists and turns of the SOPA opera
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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filed under:
Piracy,
Intellectual Property Rights
Proposed DNS filtering threatens the core protocol on which the Internet's universality depends, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on 15 January 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
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Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 14, 2011
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 08:59 AM
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filed under:
IT Act,
Google,
Access to Knowledge,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Indian government wants to censor the Internet without being seen to be censoring the Internet. This article by Pranesh Prakash shows how the government has been able to achieve this through the Information Technology Act and the Intermediary Guidelines Rules it passed in April 2011. It now wants methods of censorship that leave even fewer traces, which is why Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology talks of Internet 'self-regulation', and has brought about an amendment of the Copyright Act that requires instant removal of content.
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CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 01, 2011
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filed under:
Development,
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash intervened during the discussion of future work of the ACE with this comment.
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Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 01, 2011
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last modified
Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Piracy,
Censorship,
WIPO
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement is being held in Geneva on November 30 and December 1, 2011. Pranesh Prakash responded to a presentation by Prof. Pierre Sirinelli of the École de droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 on 'The French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting of December 16, 2009' with this comment.
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