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(Image Source https://flic.kr/p/aCWXFf) 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…
1. A Fox on a Fishing Expedition, by Saikat Datta, Outlook 2. Surveillance Self-Defense Toolkit, by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 3. Bitcoin Regulation in Japan, by Kevin Cruz, Bitcoin Magazine. 4. Hungary Wants to Tax Internet Data Transfers, Colin Lecher, The Verge. 5. BBC to publish ‘Right to be Forgotten’ removals list, Dave Lee, BBC. (Video Link):…
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/KcswR) 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…
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. 3. How Anonabox Went From Privacy Savior to Scam in Less Than a Week, Joseph Cox, Motherboard. 4. Google Is Trying To Create An Ultra-Fast Wireless Service, Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters . 5. Innovation Works…
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/cPfdNw) 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…
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. Shaastra is scheduled to be held between the 3rd and 6th of January 2015. Cash prizes worth Rs. 60,000 to be won!
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…
(Image Source: http://goo.gl/oA6W42) This post talks about the new challenges that are faced by the legal system with the coming of the new wearable technology that is available to the public. Practical situations are examined and the law is scrutinized with respect to the changes required to bring it up to speed.
1. Why the Trolls Will Always Win, by Kathy Sierra, Wired. 2. Online Native Ads Are Held To Higher Standards Than Those On TV, by Danielle Wiley TechCrunch. 3. It’s now legal to make backups of movies, music, and e-books in the UK, by Megan Geuss, ARSTechnica. 4. Georgetown law professor says Apple may now be a regulated financial institution,…
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/4W8mW) Earlier yesterday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad (who curiously also holds the Ministry of Law and Justice portfolio). The Facebook CEO was in New Delhi on the 9th and 10th of October for the Internet.org…