Category: Internet Governance
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News Publishers and the Claim for Remuneration: An Analysis (Part II)
[This two-part post has been authored by Soham Chakraborty, a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part I can be found here.] Part 1 of the article looked at the arguments being made by news publishers and news aggregators. It also looked at various laws passed by different countries in the past…
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News Publishers and the Claim for Remuneration: An Analysis (Part I)
[This two-part post has been authored by Soham Chakraborty, a third year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Part II can be found here.] Nowadays, people are likelier to get their daily doses of information online than by reading a newspaper as in decades past. Even when online, research shows that people are more…
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Data Protection in EdTech Start-ups: An Analysis
[This post is authored by Oshi Priya, a third-year student at the National Law University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.] Education technology (EdTech) is the means to facilitate e-learning through the combination of software and computer hardware along with educational theory. Though still in its early stages of development, it’s a $700 million…
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Regulation of Content on OTT Platforms: An Explainer
[This Explainer has been authored by Harsh Jain and Sankalp Jain of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog.] The over-the-top (‘OTT’) industry in India has been growing exponentially–faster than anywhere else in the world–and pegged to reach a size of $5 billion by the year 2023. With an increase in internet penetration, coverage and speed,…
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Examining the Rise of the ‘Splinternet’
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Manasvin Andra, a fourth year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Data localisation laws have been on the rise in recent years. Since Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding the National Security Agency’s PRISM program, states have begun…
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Suggestions for Copyright Reforms
[This post has been authored by our reporters – Harsh Jain and Harshita Lilani. They discuss the controversies surrounding Copyright law in India and highlight the recommendations sent by the Technology Law Forum to the Registrar of Copyrights.] The last amendment to the Indian Copyright Act was made in the year 2012 and therefore, the…
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Open Banking in India & the Need for Setting Uniform Standards in Usage of APIs
[This post has been authored by Vaibhav Parikh, Legal Counsel at ICICI Bank. Views are personal] The value of online/ mobile banking rose from INR 69.47 billion in 2016-17 to INR 21,317 billion in 2019-20. Providing data access to third-party firms by banks and other financial institutions has proved to be one of the important…