Ashwini SharmaAs many users of Facebook may have known by now, the said social networking site has come up with a new user profile layout, called “Timeline” which Facebook has touted as “a new way to tell your life story”.
But…
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Ashwini is a graduate of law from National University of Juridical Sciences. He has an active interest in Cyber Laws, TMT, New Media Issues, and Competition Law. He is currently working in of India's leading television network companies.
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Websites to install mechanisms for pre-screening objectionable content
On the heels of Friday the 13th, breaks a very pleasant story on several news websites regarding a very technologically comprehensive order of the Delhi High Court. The legal sanction against certain online websites enrolled in that order comes…
Knowledge UnacKnowledged: Is “Safe-Harbour” principle safely docked yet in the Indian Cyberspace?
Pursuant to our case analysis of the T-series v. Myspace judgment, the following is an attempt at harmoniously interpreting, the apparently confusing provisions of the I.T Act and the Copyright Act, with a view to understand the presence or…
T-Series v. Myspace – A “Sound” Judgment?
The Delhi High Court recently came out with a first-of-its-kind-judgment on the issue of Intermediary Liability in India.
Intermediary, what is?
For a quick recap; in the simplest terms, to be…
Facebook’s Blast from the Past! User Beware!!
Facebook’s Blast from the Past! The Controversial New Change to User Conversations.
Facebook recently altered its user-interaction interface drastically. Users can now see all messages in one place at all times. While a user can still chat in a…
A VAS(e) full of troubles!
TRAI has recently come out with a Consultation Paper on Mobile Value Added Services on 21st July 2011. The preface of the paper highlights the tremendous potential in provision of information, services and entertainment through Mobile Value Added…