[This post has been authored by Ujjawal Bhargava, a fourth-year student at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.] Copyright is a right provided to the creators of literary, artistic, dramatic and musical works as well as to the producers of sound recordings and cinematographic films. The rights of the creators include inter alia, right…
Category: Cryptocurrency
Metadata by TLF: Issue 16
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Union Consumer Affairs Minster issues E-Commerce Rules to shift the focus onto consumer protection In an increasingly globalised world, major retail companies like Amazon have reached even…
Post-Crypto-Writ Judgement: How(ey) to regulate the ICOs?
[This post has been authored by Harshit Goyal, currently in his 3rd year at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.] Imagine that you get to know about a cryptocurrency that had been launched recently and has been selling like hotcakes. The price of this token has been on a steep rise, and thus, you…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 11
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Private firm blocked from buying “.org” domain The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the internet naming system, decided on 30 April…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 8
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Kruttika Lokesh and Dhananjay Dhonchak put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Supreme Court quashes RBI circular and permits cryptocurrency trading A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 4th March, 2020, allowed dealing in cryptocurrency, quashing an…
Indian Government’s Stance on Cryptocurrencies: An Analysis
This post on the recent recommended ban on cryptocurrency has been authored by Shivani Malik, a final year law student at the Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies. Current Scenario The Ministry of Economic Affairs in its recent press release dated July 22, 2019, prepared a report on the Committee on Virtual Currencies, which proposed a…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 3
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Uber likely to start bus service in India The San-Francisco cab-aggregator giant, Uber is working on to kick-start an AC bus service in India. With the introduction of AC bus service, Uber…
Metadata by TLF: Issue 2
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our editors put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. US Justice Department’s Big Tech Antitrust Scrutiny The past month saw a slew of antitrust investigations being opened against big tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc. From the EU’s…
Blockchain and Virtual Reality—A Heavenly Merger?
[Ed Note : The following post has been authored by guest contributor Davor Gasparevic. As Davor puts it, he is a writing virtuoso with several years of experience across a wide range of online industries, and has established himself as a crucial contributor for several online businesses and startups.] At first glance, the convergence of Virtual Reality…
Muting the ‘Immutable’ – The Curious Case of Cryptcurrency Mining Pools
Editor’s Note: In a longer read, Viraj Ananth explains how the existing regime of regulations for Cryptocurrency Mining Pools is inadequate. Viraj Ananth is a third-year student at NLSIU. He currently serves as the Deputy Chief Editor of the Indian Journal of Law and Technology and is the Founding Editor of The Boardroom Lawyer. He…