[Samraat Basu is a technology and data protection lawyer and Naveen Jain is a corporate lawyer specialising in M&A and PE/VC funding.] The Indian regulatory landscape regarding the use of remotely piloted and autonomous drones has been evolving over the last few years. In June, the Government of India released the draft Unmanned Aircraft System…
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A Letter to MeitY
In a recent decision, the Government of India banned 59 Chinese Applications under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009. This ban was imposed as an interim measure on the ground that the concerned applications were “engaged in activities which…
Assessing India’s Obsession with Data Localization: Concerns of Jurisdiction
[This post has been authored by Prashant Khurana, LL.M. Graduate (Class of 2020) from the UCLA School of Law and Founding Editor at Polemics and Pedantics Magazine, and Parth Maniktala, LL.B. Candidate (Class of 2021) at the Campus Law Center, University of Delhi, and Editor at Polemics and Pedantics Magazine.] COVID-19 has spawned efforts geared…
Welcoming The Era of Technology Friendly Laws in India
This brief introduction to regulation of autonomous vehicles has been authored by Khushi Sharma and Aarushi Kapoor, second year students of Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur. [Ed. Note: This article was written before the 2019 Personal Data Protection Bill had been made public. Click here for the new Bill.] India being the 7th largest…
Is Embedding a YouTube Video Legal?
This piece has been authored by Jubin Jay, a final year student at National Law University, Odisha (NLUO). A lot of people use YouTube videos to enhance their online articles or webpages. Some provide a regular link to the YouTube video while some provide with an embedded link of the same. While embedding, the video…
Shreya Singhal, and how Intermediaries are simply Intermediaries Once Again – Striking down the Chilling Effect
The concept of ‘intermediary liability’ in all its nuances, as I have written before, is one of the bulwarks of the internet as we know it, including one of the aspects of it that we all know and love – the power it gives to each and every individual to exercise their right to free…
[SpicyIP Cross-post] The Fault in our Intermediary Liability Laws
This post was first published on SpicyIP here. Over the course of 2014, we have seen a multitude of blocking orders pass through the hallowed walls of our courts. Some of the most curious things about these orders are that they were, mostly, ex-parte, John Doe orders, aimed at websites rather than specific content, and…
The “Bang Bang” Order: ‘Likely’ Copyright Infringement Trumps Intermediary Immunity
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/o9EcaJ) This post examines the order given by the Delhi High Court (DHC), which is the third in a series of worrying orders by the DHC, from the perspective of Intermediary Liability. In order to ensure no possible online access to Bollywood film “Bang Bang” which released on Oct 2, the Delhi High Court…
Law Commission Media Law Consultation – Panel V, Social Media
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/e5wZ3t) The following is a post by Aman Gupta, a fourth year student at NUJS, covering the fifth panel of the Law Commission’s Media Law Consultation. Aman is currently the Director of the NUJS Society of International Law and Policy, and his areas of interest include Sports Law and Media Law. This post brings forward some…
Law Commission Media Law Consultation – Panel I, Self Regulation v. Statutory Regulation
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/hzrA2W) The following is a post by Shashank Singh, a third year student at NUJS, covering the first panel of the Law Commission’s ongoing Media Law Consultation, Self-Regulation v. Structural Regulation. Shashank currently serves as Associate Editor for the NUJS Law Review, and his areas of interest include Constitutional Law, Media Law and IPR. The Law…