[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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Metadata by TLF: Issue 19
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter, where our reporters Harsh Jain and Harshita Lilani put together handpicked stories from the world of tech law! You can find other issues here. Facebook Oversight Board picks the first batch of cases for review, adds additional matter from India Facebook’s Oversight Board (OSB), an independent body set up to review…
Criminal Liability of Artificial Intelligence (Part II)
[Shubham Damani is a second year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. This two-part post was the winning entry in the Ab Initio Essay Writing Competition hosted by the NALSAR Student Law Review. Part 1 can be found here.] Previously, the author had discussed a framework which would help impose liability on Artificial Intelligence…
Criminal Liability of Artificial Intelligence (Part I)
[Shubham Damani is a second year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. This two-part post was the winning entry in the Ab Initio Essay Writing Competition hosted by the NALSAR Student Law Review. Part 2 can be found here.] “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”Stephen Hawking…
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…
Data Rights in Sports: The case of Event Data
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Dhananjay Dhonchak, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] The commercialisation of sport coupled with advancements in technology have made it possible to collect and analyse vast reams of data generated in sporting activities….
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…
A Tax Policy Response to Automation in India
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Sankalp Jain, a fourth year student of NALSAR University of Law.] This post discusses policy responses to the threat of automation on India’s labour, contextualising the same amidst a major technological shift and efforts to revive…
Investigating The Growing Use, Regulation and Challenges to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Healthcare in India
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Yashashwini Santuka, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Advanced systems of healthcare are imperative to the growth of countries, their economies and the well-being of its people. However, developing countries like India are…
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…