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Jan 2 2009

Blogger Writes from Inside the Newest Police State on the Planet

What would it be like if all those anti-privacy laws you keep hearing about passed? Just ask someone who lives in India.
When it comes to countries in North America, it’s not often that India reaches the headlines unless a Canadian or an American is involved in the story. Then again, there is the [...]

Aug 3 2008

India Report – There’s Not Enough Pirate Courts Here

Sometimes, there is the odd report coming from Asia about a massive piracy bust with reportedly millions of CDs and DVDs being confiscated, but the aftermath of a major raid sometimes goes unnoticed.
There’s an interesting report from The times of India where there is a problem – there’s not enough piracy courts to deal with [...]

Jul 16 2008

India Pressured to Sign and Ratify WIPO

There is generally little coverage over what is going on in India with regards to digital rights in North American news outlets. That may change thanks to pressure exerted onto the country from the world Intellectual Property Organization.
India is said to have the second fastest growing emerging economies in the world. With such [...]

Jul 30 2006

India plans free software for all

India is expanding a government-led program to provide free, local language software to all of its citizens, as it tries to broaden computer use in the country.
India is expanding a government-led program to provide free, local language software to all of its citizens, as it tries to broaden computer use in the country.
The move to [...]

Jul 26 2006

India rejects One Laptop Per Child

India has decided against getting involved in Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child scheme – which aims to provide kids in developing countries with a simple $100 machine.
The success of the project depends on support, and big orders, from governments. The loss of such a potentially huge, and relatively technically sophisticated market, will be a [...]

Jul 20 2006

(Indian) Government lifts ban on websites

Bloggers in India can rest easy now.
According to the Department of Telecommunications, blogs which were blacked out three days after the Mumbai blasts will soon be restored.
Post 7/11, the Government decided to block sites without saying why and the ISPs decided to go ahead, do one better and block all blogs.
The Centre issued an order [...]

Jul 19 2006

India bloggers angry at net ban

India’s burgeoning blogging community is up in arms against a government directive that they say has led to the blocking of their web logs.
The country’s 153 internet service providers (ISP) have blocked 17 websites since last week on federal government orders.
Some of these sites belong to Google’s Blogspot, a leading international web log hosting service.
Indian [...]

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