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When Copyright Goes Bad: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:37 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
A part of the Access to Knowledge Project, this short film by Consumers International is available on DVD and online at A2Knetwork.org/film.
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April 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.
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Research Project on Open Video in India: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 05, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Open Content, Projects, Software Patents
Open Video Alliance and the Centre for Internet and Society are calling for researchers for a project on open video in India, its potentials, limitations, and recommendations on policy interventions.
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March 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 05:02 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, news, and events for the month of March 2010 in this bulletin.
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The First IJLT-CIS Lecture Series on Jurisdictional Issues in Cyberspace: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 30, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:12 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
The IJLT-CIS Lecture Series will be held at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore on 3 April, 2010.
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CI Global Meeting on A2K: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 21, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:08 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
CIS is a co-sponsor of the Consumers International Meeting on A2K
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Arguments Against Software Patents in India: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 22, 2010 — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Access to Knowledge, Software Patents, Intellectual Property Rights, Publications, Patents
CIS believes that software patents are harmful for the software industry and for consumers. In this post, Pranesh Prakash looks at the philosophical, legal and practical reasons for holding such a position in India. This is a slightly modified version of a presentation made by Pranesh Prakash at the iTechLaw conference in Bangalore on February 5, 2010, as part of a panel discussing software patents in India, the United States, and the European Union.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
No Software Patents: Meetup at CIS on February 6: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 05, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:14 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Our team at CIS India thanks you for opposing software patents in India by signing the petition. If you stay in Bangalore, we invite you to a meetup on the topic of Software Patents, this Saturday (Feb 6th). We will have a few subject matter experts amongst us too.
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Year Ahead Copyright 2010: Between An Enforcement “Gold Standard” And Stronger Limitations: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 04, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:43 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Whereas copyright is increasingly being exchanged for contractual relationships why all the debate and new efforts in national and international copyright legislation. Monika Ernet's article in the Intellectual Property Watch examines this in the wake of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the international treaty on access to online books for the visually impaired. The article also carries Pranesh Prakash's views on introduction of technical protection measures and the protection of them by law.
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CIS Statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 19: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 01, 2010 — last modified Feb 01, 2012 09:07 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Broadcasting, WIPO
This statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty was delivered on December 17, 2010 at the 19th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights by Nirmita Narasimhan on behalf of CIS.
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