Au revoir, Section 66A
On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of India took an unambiguous stand in favor of free speech on the Internet by striking down the…
The 66A Rigmarole
The recent arrest of a writer in Karnataka over alleged Facebook posts making sexist and derogatory comments about a social activist on Facebook, has once…
Rightscon Southeast Asia conference
Mr. Prasanth Sugathan, Counsel, SFLC.in will be speaking at RighstCon Southeast Asia conference from March 24-25, 2015 at Manila, Philippines. RightsCon is the premier summit…
SFLC.in nominated for Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prize
SFLC.in was nominated and among a select few finalists for the inaugural Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Award in the Excellence in Legal Service….
Software Biggies Wary of Open Source Development
On March 5, 2015, the Economic Times carried a report on the rising levels of concern among proprietary software vendors over the Indian Government’s increasing…
Union Budget 2015-16 | Coverage & Analysis
SFLC.in board member Prof Rahul De talked about Union Budget 2015 at an expert panel hosted by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Link to the…
CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action
Ms. Mishi Choudhary will be speaking at an international multistakeholder conference on Internet-related issues organized by UNESCO in France, Paris from March 3-4, 2015. This…
FOSS News – February 2015
Mark Webbink Named New Chairman of SFLC Board https://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2015/feb/05/webbink/ The Software Freedom Law Center announced in early February that Mark Webbink has been elected the…
India’s surveillance state: Other provisions of law that enable collection of user information
While Section 5(2) of the Telegraph Act and Sections 69 and 69B of the Information Technology Act (IT Act) collectively set the stage for direct…
SFLC.in’s comments on the First Draft of the National IP Policy
In December 2014, the Government of India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) invited stakeholder comments on the First Draft of the National IP…
FOSS news – January 2015
Cyanogen aims to make Android a fully open platform http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/01/26/cyanogen-aims-to-make-android-a-fully-open.html Cyanogen Chief Executive Kirt McMaster is taking the first shot in a revolt against Google….
Internet and Mobile Association of India & Anr. v. U.O.I. & Anr. [W.P. (C) No. 758/2014]
The petition has been filed by a non-profit making industry body challenging the constitutionality of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and sub-Rules…