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Procuring books in Indian libraries
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 16, 2011 last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:27 PM — filed under:
Campaign to legalise parallel imports gathers steam.
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Digital Wrongs
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 02, 2011 last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:26 PM — filed under:
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights. This article by Rohin Dharmakumar was published in Forbes India on January 28, 2011.
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January 2011 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 31, 2011 last modified Jul 30, 2012 11:25 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:
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Blog Entry Why Parallel Importation of Books Should Be Allowed
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 25, 2011 last modified Feb 01, 2019 05:41 PM — filed under: , ,
There has been much controversy lately with some publishers trying to stop the government from amending s.2(m) of the Indian Copyright Act, clarifying that a parallel import will not be seen as an "infringing copy". This blog post argues that the government should, keeping in mind the larger picture, still go ahead and legalise parallel imports.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 12, 2011 last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:34 PM — filed under: , , ,
A draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available now for the first time, provides insight into India's response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
by Pranesh Prakash published Dec 16, 2010 last modified Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Intellectual Property Rights as seen in a graphic novel
by Prasad Krishna published Dec 02, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 06:32 AM — filed under:
While most engagements with the issue of Intellectual Property Rights take the form of academic papers and scholarly articles, the Centre for Internet and Society is approaching the subject through another medium – an online graphic novel. Commissioned by the organisation, and conceived, written and drawn by Mumbai-based Anand Ramachandran (a man who keeps himself busy in a number of ways, from writing satire columns to developing videogame designs), the novel, titled Learning to Floo, is being serialised on the CIS website.
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‘Piracy is now a mainstream political phenomenon'
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 23, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:44 AM — filed under:
“Piracy has become a mainstream political phenomenon,” said Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society in the city. The piracy that he was referring to was not the piracy of the high seas but the piracy of intellectual property.
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Blog Entry Statement of CIS on the Work of the Committee in the 21st SCCR
by Nirmita Narasimhan published Nov 23, 2010 last modified May 29, 2014 06:57 AM — filed under: ,
The twenty-first session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was held in Geneva from 8 to 12 November 2010. Nirmita Narasimhan attended the conference and represented the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 15, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:14 AM — filed under:
Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property charts the rise of the access to knowledge movement, a movement in which Open Society Foundations have played a key role. It maps the vast terrain of legal, cultural, and technical issues that activists and thinkers aligned to the movement negotiate every day.
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