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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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.
This is …
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 …
is pre-screening a part of due diligence ?
In the last post I briefly examined the constitutional validity of a proposed framework for pre-screening user generated content on social networks. This got me thinking as to what other grounds for constitutionality can be examined if a law for …
Legal concerns on GOI’s moves to censor social networks
An article published on the New York Times, India blog, “India Ink” has revealed a disturbing measure being contemplated to regulate user generated content on social networks such as Facebook and Google+. The article has disclosed that Mr. Kapil Sibal …
How many bits are enough ? the legality of encryption
Encryption as a technology presents unique challenges for the legal system since its use is feared to bring about its abuse. While the private sector may see it as necessary to promote confidentiality and data protection, state law enforcement remains deeply suspicious …
Zomato v. Burrp | Beyond Copyright
Last month, accusations flew thick and fast between two Indian websites which provide restaurant listings with one accusing the other of illegally scraping its data and thereby copying its listings. The first website, Zomato alleged that it discovered this “theft” when some data, unique to its …
199 Take-Down Requests, 1 Court Order
Shivam Vij a known adherent of Internet Freedom and limiting the government’s powers to censor the net has written a great post on Kafila, putting into context the take down data released by Google for Youtube Videos. His rule …
Knowledge UnacKnowledged: Is “Safe-Harbour” principle safely docked yet in the Indian Cyberspace?
Ashwini Sharma
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 …
Commentary on Information Technology Act
I am pleased to inform our readers that the Second Edition of my book on the Information Technology Act is now on order from Lexis Nexis India. The book is a section based commentary on the principal enactment governing …