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The following is the last in a series of two posts on the Electronic Surveillance laws in India, brought to us by Anurag Dasgupta, CNLU Patna.FEW OTHER STATUTES WHICH AIM AT REGULATING SURVEILLANCE IN INDIA
The Status of Electronic Surveillance Laws in India: An Overview (Part I)
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The following is the first in a series of two posts on the Electronic Surveillance laws in India, brought to us by Anurag Dasgupta, CNLU Patna.
Editors' Picks (02/11/2014)
1. Google is Not What it Seems, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks.
2. Hungary’s Orban puts Internet tax on hold after huge protests, Kriztina Than and Marton Dunai, Reuters.
Public.Resource.Org and others petition Bureau of Indian Standards for Open Access
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Public.Resource.Org along with other civil liberties advocates in India and Abroad has filed a petition with the Bureau of Indian Standards asking it to make its standards publicly available for free online. The petition is an commendable and crucial step forward for the right to information. The supporters of the petition include Carl Malamud, the founder of Public.Resources.Org, the petitioning organisation, Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, the Father of the Internet, Sri Sam Pitroda, one of the pioneers of communications innovation in India, Swaraj Paul Barooah (KnowGAP, SpicyIP), Dr. Sushant Sinha (IndianKanoon), Dr. Dhrubayyoti Sen (IIT-Kharagpur), Dr. T.I. Eldho, IIT-Bombay, and Mr. Srinivas Kodali, Centre for Excellence in Urban Transport, IIT-Madras.
Editors' Picks (26/10/14)
1. A Fox on a Fishing Expedition, by Saikat Datta, Outlook
2. Surveillance Self-Defense Toolkit, by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
DHC on Jurisdiction in E-Commerce: WWE v. M/S. Reshma Collection
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In a judgement dated 15th October 2014, the Delhi High Court has decreed, in the case of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. v. M/S Reshma Collection, that if you buy an item in Delhi through online retail, Delhi courts have the jurisdiction to hear disputes in relation to your shopping. This post analyses the reasoning employed in the judgment, and concludes by discussing certain issues brought to the fore by the case, including Forum Shopping, Email contracts, and Online Dispute Resolution.
Editors' Picks (19/10/14)
1. The Right Way to Fix the Internet, George Anders, MIT Technology Review.
2. Laura Poitras on the Crypto Tools That Made Her Snowden Film Possible, Andy Greenberg, WIRED.
Microsoft Toes The Line, Cuts Skype Local Landline/Mobile Calls within India
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Skype has recently taken the decision to end support for calls to local mobile and landline numbers from its VoIP service, effective from November 10 this year. The Skype support page notes that its decision only applies to calls made within India; users outside Indian borders can continue to call numbers in India, and similarly users in India can continue to call numbers abroad.
Shaasthra: IIT Madras International Symposium on Healthcare
A little bit about us:
Shaastra, Asia’s largest student run festival, is the annual technical festival of IIT Madras. It is the first ISO 9001:2008 certified student-organized technical festival.
The Internet Finds Itself in a Web – What the U.S Withdrawal from ICANN and its Transition Signify
The following post is by Madhulika Srikumar, a fourth year student at GNLU, Gandhinagar. She has an avid interest in the debate on ownership of Internet, Internet security and freedoms, and has worked earlier on issues relating to ICANN and Internet Jurisdiction. She brings us an interesting commentary on the US withdrawl from ICANN, and how it may affect Internet Governance as it currently exists.
The Internet finds itself in a “web” these days, a web of polarizing powers and conflicting interests; a web that could possibly result in changing the Internet as we know it. Attempting to untangle this web is no mean feat.
The Internet is best defined by the values that formed it. These values are of “open” code or software that govern the Internet, whose source is available to all and can be taken, modified and improved. It is these ideals that many still hope to preserve in today’s Internet governance.