Lawyer, Researcher, Centre for Internet and Society-India
Critique of a policy that affects students of 85,000 schools in Maharashtra by denying them access to quality and affordable study material published by anyone other than the state. Expensive copyright licenses need to be bought to not get sued for infrin
Asia Times / June 2018 / Access To Knowledge
While the policy is broad and forward-looking, the true intent and meaning of the listed steps will only be understood when complementary legislative and granular policy actions to support these strategies are crystallised.
The Wire / May 2018 / Telecom
This essay attempts to build an appreciation for the role that smartphones are playing in development, specifically, by fostering development. I focus on focus on: first, the relationship between constituent mobile technologies and intellectual property a
The Good Life in Asia's Digital 21st Century / March 2016 / Tech Policy
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a trade agreement being negotiated by 16 countries in the SAARC+6 belt, stands to adversely affect nearly half of the world's population on areas like access to knowledge and access to medicines. I e
LiveLaw / July 2017 / Trade
Examining privacy directives adopted by Europe pertaining to use of cookies over the past two decades.
International Journal of Legal Studies and Research / May 2012 / Tech Policy
The National IPR policy fails to enact a balanced regime and instead is tilted in favour of rights-holders.
The Wire / May 2016 / Intellectual Property Rights
Predatory practices in open access publishing have not escaped the US- FTC’s notice, and it has stated that it will pursue cases of similar nature to protect authors and consumers.
The Wire / October 2016 / Open Access
In a major development, in 2016, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit to strike down the provisions on Digital Rights Management(DRM) in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In this post, I discuss DRMs, the EFF lawsuit, and then draw upon
SpicyIP / August 2016 / Tech Policy
I present a regional overview of negotiations and the impact on course of the agreement.
SpicyIP / September 2016 / Trade
How will India position itself against US pressure in the larger scheme of US-India foreign relations, and how much is it willing to concede its policies in the name of trade? How will reduced barriers and establishment of a level field for Indian and for
Centre for Internet and Society, India / July 2016 / Tech Policy
The court held that the reproduction of any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction will not constitute copyright infringement.
The Wire / September 2016 / Access To Knowledge
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