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(Image Source: http://flipthemedia.com/2014/01/net-neutrality-rules-are-dead-for-now-why-should-students-care/) In an incredibly interesting judgement, the Supreme Court has on 30th January, in the case of Cellular Operators Association Of India & Ors. v. Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India & Ors., stated that providing different rates for calls to private Telecom Service Providers in comparison to those for calls to BSNL/MTNL violated of Article…
(Image Source: http://sites.psu.edu/periodicpostulations/2012/09/12/little-lost-robot/) One of the most interesting news items to come through the interwebs recently was the ‘seizure’ of a certain ‘art experiment’ in Switzerland. The bot, sadly unimaginatively named Random Darknet Shopper, lived up to its name by buying items randomly from Darknet marketplaces (with Bitcoins, interestingly) and shipping them to a gallery…
1. The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence, Tim Urban, Wait But Why. 2. Searching for Sex, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, The New York Times. 3. How an Internet trolling victim bonded with her worst troll, Sam Machkovech, ARSTechnica. 4. Facebook’s impact on Indian economy pegged at $4 billion, Yuthika Bhargava, The Hindu. 5. China Cracks Down On VPN Services After Censorship System…
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…
This post was first published on SpicyIP here. Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/BXwqH. One of the greatest issues that the Old Guard of the media production realm has had with the Internet is the copyright infringement that it facilitates. As such, there have been multiple attempts at restricting the internet to protect copyright in various ways, the most…
1. Drug-buying robot arrested in Switzerland, Patrick Howell, DailyDot. 2. Flipkart content ‘objectionable’ for Telangana, Anandita Singh Mankotia, TheEconomicTimes. 3. EU response to Free Speech killings? More internet censorship, David Meyer, Gigaom. 4. The Less Annoying Future of Google Glass, Vauhini Vara, The New Yorker. 5. How Indian telecom operators defend their attack on net neutrality, Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama.
1. The Creepy ‘Black Mirror’ Universe Could Be Closer Than You Realize, Sara Bobitz. Huffington Post. 2. A Cyberattack Has Caused Confirmed Physical Damage for the Second Time Ever, Kim Zetter, Wired. 3. CES 2015: Toyota opens up hydrogen patents, BBC News. 4. Mumbai police block over 650 controversial Charlie Hebdo posts on social media, FP Staff, FirstPost India….
I have written some posts about Net Neutrality before, here and here (the second is the 101). And recently, the now-aborted Airtel VoIP plans has kick-started serious discussions on the topic by TRAI, prompting the regulatory agency to issue a statement saying it will be releasing a consultation paper on the issue soon. But it…
1. Net neutrality: Trai’s paper to give insight into what future holds for freedom of internet in India, Romit Guha, EconomicTimes. 2. A Robot Really Committed A Crime: Now What?, Ryan Calo, Forbes. 3. Government decides to unblock four websites out of 32, IANS, Business Standard. 4. How the internet’s engineers are fighting mass surveillance, David Meyer, Gigaom….
December, 2014, has been the month when the Indian community received a multitude of shocks, one after the other and each one more powerful, on the issue of internet-related legal problems. First, we had the lamentable Uber issue, which was followed by Airtel announcing (and later withdrawing) its VoIP-data plan, which violated Net Neutrality down…