Core recommendations of the DOT Committee on net-neutrality
In light of the emergence of net-neutrality and regulation of Over-the-Top (OTT) services as popular topics in national policy debates, in January 2015, the Department…
Mishi Choudhary named as Asia 21 Young Leader by Asia Society
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC.in has been selected by Asia society to be part of the Class of 2015 Asia 21 Young Leaders, the preeminent…
SC refuses to issue interim order blocking pornographic content on the Internet; says it would violate Article 21
A writ petition filed by an Indore-based lawyer – Kamlesh Vaswani – seeking to prohibit and criminalize the viewing of Internet porn was taken up…
Subramaniam Swamy v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl) 184 of 2014]
Subramaniam Swamy, petitioner, is a politician from the State of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has challenged provisions of the Indian Penal Code that criminalize defamation…
Foss News- June 2015
How open software has become a source of grief for tech majors like Cisco, IBM & Oracle Read more : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47521852.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstIndustry bodies US-India Business Council…
An overview of Standard Essential Patent litigations in India [Updated]
Standards are technical requirements or specifications that seek to provide a common design for a product or process. They enable improved compatibility, interoperability, reproducibility and…
Telecom companies should not own content, urge net neutrality experts
As the government firms up its policy on ensuring net neutrality, experts urge that disallowing telecom operators from owning any proprietary content could become a…
Government’s stand on internet governance draws applause from civil society organisations
India’s decision to support the multistakeholdermodel of internet governance has drawn mostly applause from civil society organisations and individuals who have been following the issue,…
Airtel calls it ‘standard solution’, but experts say spy code breach of privacy
Airtel seems to be doing some serious firefighting after being accused of “spying” by Bengaluru-based programmer Thejesh GN. Airtel seems to be doing some serious…
FOSS News – May 2015
Patent Lawyers Fight Hard for the Future of Software Patents Link to the article : http://techrights.org/2015/05/28/patent-lawyers-echo-chamber/ “People naively say to me, “If your program is…
SFLC.in comments on the Delhi Government’s public Wi-Fi initiative
Following the call for suggestions from stakeholders on business models, technologies, implementation strategies for its initiative to establish free access public Wifi networks accross the…
Roundtable on “FOSS for Public Use : Free and Open Source Software for Digital India” on May 29, 2015
SFLC.in, in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS), is organizing…