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Fixing India’s anarchic IT Act
- November 30, 2012
Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online, among other things. A conviction for such an offence can attract a prison sentence of as many as three years.
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- November 29, 2012
Thanks for giving detailed information, I have a question. If someone has cricket match tickets, and they don't want them and try to sell them [...]
Read more →Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act
- November 23, 2012
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which prescribes 'punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.' is widely held by lawyers and legal academics to be unconstitutional. In this post Pranesh Prakash explores why that section is unconstitutional, how it came to be, the state of the law elsewhere, and how we can move forward.
Read more →DoT Blocks Domain Sites — But Reasons and Authority Unclear
- November 21, 2012
Earlier this year, ISPs such as Airtel and MTNL blocked a number of domain sites including BuyDomains, Fabulous Domains and Sedo.co.uk. Whereas the Indian Government and courts have previously issued orders blocking websites, these actions have generally been attributed to issues such as posting of inflammatory content or piracy of copyrighted material. However, the reasoning behind blocking domain marketplaces such as the above mentioned sites is not clear.
Read more →https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk_-9evELbH1sHh1yHnHqyA8tbuBJMxn_I on Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
- November 20, 2012
REPEAT AFTER ME! "people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that"
Read more →https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk_-9evELbH1sHh1yHnHqyA8tbuBJMxn_I on Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
- November 20, 2012
"people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that"
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- November 19, 2012
Mishi Choudhary of Software Freedom Law Center clarified it today morning in one the discussion lists. "Section 77B says "Notwithstanding anything contained in the code [...]
Read more →Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray's Death
- November 19, 2012
Two girls have been arbitrarily and unlawfully arrested for making comments about the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Pranesh Prakash explores the legal angles to the arrests.
Read more →Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy
- November 06, 2012
The report covers international privacy principles, national privacy principles, rationale and emerging issues along with an analysis of relevant legislations/bills from a privacy perspective.
Read more →Q&A to the Report of the Group of Experts on Privacy
- November 06, 2012
In January 2012 Justice A.P. Shah formed a committee consisting of a group of experts to contribute to and create a report of recommendations for a privacy legislation in India. The committee met a total of seven times from January to September 2012. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) was a member of the committee creating the report. This blog post is CIS’s attempt to answer questions that have arisen from media coverage on the report, based on our understanding.
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