Copyright Rules, 2013 and Internet Intermediaries

This is a long post as it extracts the legal provisions, if you are just interested in the analysis, please skip to the end.

Copyright Rules, 2013 and Internet Intermediaries

the cost of decency

This post analyses the likely effect of one of the key amendments to the Indecent Representation of Women Act, 1986 (IRW Act) which extends the law to online mediums. It argues that such an extension presents a real danger of prosecution of individuals and womens groups who rely increasingly…

Delhi High Court orders appointment of grievance officers

Appointment of grievance officers

The Delhi High Court while hearing the case of K.N. Govindacharya v. Union of India [W.P.© 3672/2012] dated 23.08.2013 has directed the appointment…

recommendations of the justice verma committee and the right to privacy

This is a guest post by Aishani Gupta and Sarvjeet Singh who are final year students at National Law University, Delhi. Their areas of interest include information technology and media laws and their effect…

necessary interventions

The Delhi University copyright case (University of Oxford v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services CS(OS) 2439/2012) demonstrates that litigation’s involving issues of intellectual property go beyond mere private adjudications and involve larger issues of access to knowledge and public…

Going by precedent

As reported by Medianama, on 14th February, 2013 the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) passed directions to internet service licensees to block certain internet websites. Since such orders are not publicly disclosed by the DOT a leaked copy of the direction containing a total list of 78…

Delhi High Court’s judgement setting aside the gag order in the Delhi Gangrape Case

This blog post analyses the judgment lifting the blanket gag order on reporting court proceedings in the trial of the Delhi Gangrape accused.

Background

MIB’s arbitrary bans #ComedyCentralBan

Last fortnight the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting shrugged off its regulatory lethargy and issued orders prohibiting the telecast of three private television channels. One of the channels which found itself in the crosshairs was Comedy Central for…

Cold water over hot news

One of the confirmations that litigation provides is that the black letter of the law is often grey. Even when clear legal boundaries are set, attempts are made to circumvent it.

This is visible in a recent case seeking to protect news under copyright law…

Dangers of the Central Monitoring System

It has been a little more than nine months since Ajmal Kasab was hanged at Yerwada Jail but his ghost lives on threatening individual privacy in India. Our government determined that the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks was a result of an intelligence failure and…