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Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates
At a recent conference on counterfeiting and piracy, industry representatives variously pushed for stiffer laws for IP violation, more stringent enforcement of ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:43 AM — Filed under: ,
World IT Forum 2009
At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — Filed under: ,
Emerging Bit Torrent Trends in India
Internet has been a revelation ever since its introduction. The writer in this blog examines how the progress made by Internet based technologies could never ... by Siddharth Chadha last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
At the end of the niche optical pirate
In this blog post, Siddharth Chaddha goes enquiring into the modus operandi of a video pirate / film lover / businessman in Bangalore's famed National Market. by Siddharth Chadha last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO
This is a speech made by Pranesh Prakash at an side-event co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Society on intermediary ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jun 01, 2012 03:01 PM — Filed under: , , ,
We’ve All Got Some Baggage
America’s newest trade agreement is not going to kill only iPods. The article appeared in the Tehelka Magazine Vol 7, Issue 45, Dated November 13, 2010 by Lawrence Liang last modified May 29, 2014 07:22 AM — Filed under: ,
Statement of CIS on the Work of the Committee in the 21st SCCR
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 ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified May 29, 2014 06:57 AM — Filed under: ,
Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Seminar on Software Patent and the Commons
A pre-grant opposition has been filed against a software patent application filed in the patent office by Certicom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Research in ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Oct 23, 2011 02:22 PM — Filed under: , ,
New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement
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 ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:34 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Why Parallel Importation of Books Should Be Allowed
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 ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Feb 01, 2019 05:41 PM — Filed under: , ,
Exhaustion: Imports, Exports and the Doctrine of First Sale in Indian Copyright Law
This article by Pranesh Prakash was published in the Manupatra Intellectual Property Reports, February 2011, Volume 1, Part 2, pp. 149-160. In this short ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified May 29, 2014 06:18 AM — Filed under:
Pirates, Plagiarisers, Publishers
This article attempts to rescue not by denying the charges of plagiarism, but by charting an alternative trajectory of plagiarism so that each successive ... by Prashant Iyengar last modified May 29, 2014 05:55 AM — Filed under: , ,
Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011)
As a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the April 2007 Non-Paper of the WIPO ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:29 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Govt for Legalising Parallel Import of Copyright Works; Publishers Oppose
Section 2(m) legalises the parallel imports of books and other copyrighted material into India and was part of the initial Copyright Amendment Bill introduced ... by Shamnad Basheer last modified Aug 30, 2011 10:19 AM — Filed under: , ,
Copyright Amendment Bill in Parliament
The Copyright Amendment Bill is expected to be presented in the Rajya Sabha by the Minister for Human Resource and Development, Kapil Sibal today afternoon. ... by Nirmita Narasimhan last modified Aug 30, 2011 09:26 AM — Filed under: , ,
CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15)
CIS and the Third World Network (TWN) conducted a quick analysis of the "Consensus document on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Oct 12, 2011 08:29 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCR
The twenty-third session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from November 22, 2011 to December 2, 2011. Pranesh ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Nov 30, 2011 06:55 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting
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, ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 01, 2011 11:59 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement
The seventh session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) is being held in Geneva on November 30 and ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Dec 01, 2011 03:30 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Calling Out the BSA on Its BS
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is trying to pull wool over government officials' eyes by equating software piracy with tax losses. Pranesh Prakash points ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Sep 14, 2011 06:16 PM — Filed under: , ,
Photocopying the past
There is no single correct position when it comes to intellectual property or IP. In fact, there are at least five correct positions that you could possibly ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Sep 25, 2011 08:06 PM — Filed under: ,
Of Jesters, Clowns and Pranksters: YouTube and the Condition of Collaborative Authorship
The idea of a single author creating cinematic objects in a well-controlled scheme of support system and production/distribution infrastructure has been ... by Nishant Shah last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:24 AM — Filed under: ,
Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012
There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Nov 12, 2013 02:13 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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, ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jul 22, 2012 12:01 PM — Filed under: , , ,
CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives
This was the statement delivered by Pranesh Prakash on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related ... by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jul 25, 2012 10:54 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Super Cassettes v. MySpace
The Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of ... by Ujwala Uppaluri last modified Oct 31, 2012 10:27 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)
The Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet ... by Snehashish Ghosh last modified Dec 01, 2012 03:36 PM — Filed under: ,
Comments on the Broadcast Treaty and Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
This November at WIPO the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was witness to a tough negotiation on the proposed Treaty providing access to ... by Smitha Krishna Prasad last modified Dec 04, 2012 11:11 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in India
Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Mar 16, 2016 03:23 PM — Filed under: , , ,