Apar GuptaChetan Gupta, a lawyer from Delhi has prepared a RTI and filed it with the DOT (Department of Telecom) asking whether any Order was issued by it to block Piratebay, Vimeo, Pastbin and other websites. Responses to such a RTI will increase transparency …
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Twitter law suit against spammers
Avantika BanerjeeFriendster, Orkut, Myspace, remember these names? Even if you don’t, I am sure you remember the incessant spamming! Twitter has a resounding answer for spammers by using the much ignored but quite necessary Terms of Service (ToS).
An interesting development …
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The Avnish Bajaj SC Decision : More about corporate than intermediary liability
Last week the Supreme Court of India, in Aneeta Hada vs M/S Godfather Travels (via @legallyindia) decided the Special Leave Petition filed by Avnish Bajaj, for quashing a criminal case against him relating to a pornographic MMS posted for …
Delhi HC Bar Association’s Website Defaced
Ashwini Sharma
The Delhi High Court Bar Association’s website was attacked by Pakistani hackers yesterday. The attack was executed by [thec7crew], a Hacker’s crew from Pakistan, that has been in the news before also for carrying out “defacement” of Indian websites …
Concerns on the “Nirmal Baba” gag order
Before TV Channels decried Nirmal Baba as a charlatan and criminal complaints were filed against him in various States, some articles appeared online which did the same. One such article titled as, “is nirmal baba a fraud?” was posted on …
Getting rid of the Intermediary Rules, 2011
This will take 5 minutes of your time. It is important, please read it.
The Intermediaries Rules, 2011 (or the IT Rules), represent the worst form of legal regulation which is today threatening online discourse and promoting censorship.
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offences, but investigation ?
’Repressor’ UGV by Lord Dane licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
An Order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court raises questions as to the ability of law enforcement to investigate offences under the Information Technology Act, 2000. In a Petition
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Motion in Rajya Sabha: IT Rules
In what comes as welcome news to the entire internet community in India, Mr. P. Rajeeve, a CPI(M), MP from Kerala has filed a motion a motion for the annulment of the Intermediaries Guidelines. The text of the motion is quoted …
Legal Analysis of Google’s AdWords Programme and its Conflict with Indian Competition Law
Sudipto SircarGoogle’s AdWords programme is the primary revenue earning service for the internet giant, with Google claiming in its unaudited 2011 financial results that it earned more than thirty billion from the same. Yet the service has been barraged with controversy …