Apar GuptaThe MHRD IP Chairs at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) are jointly hosting a two-day Conference on ‘The Copyright Amendments, 2012: A fair Balance?’ at NUJS on
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Sec. 66A challenged in the Madras High Court
The Hindu reports
“A. Marx, a human rights activist, had filed the petition on the ground that the section posed a grave threat to freedom of online communication. He also sought for an interim direction restraining the government officials from
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Group of Experts on Privacy Submit Report
As per a Press Information Bureau release yesterday, i.e. 18.10.2012, the Group of Experts under the chairmanship of Justice A P Shah, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court has submitted its report on the Privacy Bill. As per …
Tech Law and Policy Events Sept. – Oct. 2012
Discussion on the DNA Bill
Two great events are being held in Delhi in the coming days. The first is a discussion onTwo great events are being held in Delhi in the coming days. The first is a discussion on …
Article on John Doe Orders on Bar and Bench
Bar and Bench has published an article written by me on the recent blocks by ISP’s on filesharing and video sharing websites in India due to a John Doe Order. The main problem which I have tried to highlight is …
Article in DNA on John Doe Orders. “Why this blocking di?”
R Krishna from DNA has written a great piece on what is causing the domain blocks on Piratebay, Vimeo and Pastebin amongst other websites. The article explains the inadequacies of the law and what steps are required for the necessary …
Article on the Copyright Amendment and Intermediary Liability
I recently authored an article on the The Firm Blog on the effect the passage of the Copyright Amendment Act has on ISP and Intermediary liability in respect of sections s.52(1)(b) and 52(1)(c). Extracting some of it below, for the …
Weekend Reads for the month of May, 2012
In these posts (tagged as “weekend reads”) I will summarize the legal developments on law and technology in India which I pick up along the way. I will try to do this one once a month, when I get time. …
Legal Analysis of Google’s AdWords Programme and its Conflict with Indian Competition Law (An Update)
Sudipto SircarThe Federal Court of Australia in its decision dated 3rd April, 2012 in the case of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v. Google Inc., [2012] FCAFC 49 has found Google guilty of engaging “in conduct that was misleading or deceptive …
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 …