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In a clever manipulation of a news story published in a website, a fraudster uses BBC to substantiate his Nigerian Fraud Mail. In the context of the discussions we have been having on the vicarious responsibilities of website owners, it would be considered necessary for BBC to post a disclaimer along with the above story as soon as they come to know of it. The incident is being reported by Naavi.org to BBC. We need to wait and see how they respond. Silence on their part would be contributing to many innocents being defrauded for which inaction from BBC would be held responsible...More
Delhi Police Register Case..Bazee Needs to Explain
Delhi Police has booked a case regarding the same of MMS Video clipping of the Delhi Public School. It is no surprise that Bazee.com which was used as a conduit in the distribution is being questioned. What we have discussed for Blogs in our "Bloggers Beware" series of articles will apply in principle to Bazee.com also. Details in IE
The Entire set of 10 articles on legal Issues in Blogging are available here.
The entire set of ten articles written here on the legal issues in Blogging is together available here for easy access. I suppose if any blog owner wants to alert the users about the legal issues involved in maintaining of the blog or posting comments, he can provide a link to this file. All views expressed here may be contested and disagreed. However, they still remain issues and drawing the attention of the Blog users to these issues would be the first step in "Cyber Law Compliance" for a Blog owner. I would welcome Blog owners to become members of Cyber Society of India and help me develop a standard Cyber Law Compliance Certification system for Blog owners. Very shortly, Cyber Society is likely to open a chapter in Bangalore apart from its present location in Chennai.
Need For Self Governance of Blogs
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
Invoking Section 292 of IPC and Section 67 of ITA-2000 together
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
The issue of Defamation on Blogs
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
The Ethics of posting comments in a disguised identity
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
The Nuisance of Electronic Obscenity
While we are in the midst of discussion of the responsibilities of a Blogger, Mr Praveen Dalal has posted a very informative article on Electronic Obscenity. He discusses the implications of Section 292 of IPC as well as ITA-2000 on websites. He also has expressed his valuable opinion on the restrictions to "Freedom of Speech" which should be of interest to those who are following the series of articles on "Bloggers Beware"....Details
Is the Blog owner responsible for Copyright Violations if he posts a picture?
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
Is the Blog owner responsible for a hyper link posted by a visitor?
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
Is there a difference in "Creating an Object of Information" and "Publishing the Object"?
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware Naavi presents the next article in the series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. ...Details
Is there a difference between a Forum and a Blog?
Continuing the discussion on Bloggers Beware, Naavi presents a series of articles on various issues that concern Bloggers. Here is the next article in the series which discusses the difference between a Forum and a Blog....Details
Internet was born free..But the truth is that the Indian law at present applicable to the Internet usage, represented by the Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA-2000) has a section 67 containing a stringent provision for publishing and distribution of obscene material in electronic form. This provision is of great importance to all web site owners who are "Publishers" and also e-mail list owners, and mobile phone users who may be "transmitting" information in electronic form....Blog owners are therefore advised not to take the law lightly and immediately take steps to make their sites "Cyber Law Compliant"...Detailed Article
ITA-2000 made specific provisions to enable use of Electronic Documents in E-Governance. Mr Praveen Dalal (Practicing High Court Advocate, Delhi), analyses how judiciary in India is actively and positively using Information Technology in the administration of justice, particularly the criminal justice. ..Detailed Article
Mobile Forensics and Digital Evidence
Following the article on Mobile Forensics in these columns, Mr Svine Y Williassen from Norway has sent a link to a highly informative paper on GSM Mobile System and Forensics published by him. I thank Mr Sveine for the information which I am sure would be considered valuable by all visitors to this site...Naavi
"Forensics and GSM Mobile Telephone System", by Svein Y Williassen, Senior Investigator, Cyber Forensics, Ibas, AS.
GNFC Unit registered as Certifying Authority
(n)Code Solutions (A division of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers Company Limited) has been licensed as a Certifying Authority under ITA-2000. The details are available at www.ncodesolutions.com. Technically this is the 7th licensed CA in India, the other 6 being, Safescrypt,NIC, IDRBT, TCS, MTNL, and Central Excise and Customs Department.
DOTC Warns against SIM Card Cloning
It has been alleged that criminal syndicates have been cloning SIM cards allowing making of fraudulent calls using accounts of unsuspecting cellular phone subscribers...Details in money.inq7.net
Mobile Forensics..GSM and CDMA Technologies
The mobile industry in India is divided between the two technologies GSM and CDMA. While the earlier service providers had adopted the GSM technology, the new players have been using CDMA technology and have notched up a significant share of the Indian market. Hence any discussion on Mobile Forensics need to take into account the presence of the two technologies.
It is necessary for us to understand the basic differentiation of the two technologies as they may have an impact on the Forensics. An attempt is made here to present the fundamental technical aspects about the two systems...Details
TRAI delivers another blow to the Consumers
TRAI has announced that the tariff on Cable TV subscriptions will be raised by 7 % to accommodate for inflation from January 2005. In this context, it must be stated that over the last year since the Cable TV regulations have been under focus, TRAI has failed to take any action which could help the Cable TV consumers. It has failed to solve the STB issue in Chennai, failed to remove the monopoly of the Cable TV operators and their stifling hold on the consumers. It also failed to control the unreasonably high level of advertisements even in the paid channel allowing the broadcaster to make profits both through subscriptions and through advertisements beyond acceptable levels. Now it's concern on the inflationary effect on operators betrays where their true loyalties lie.
The entire problem arises because of the wrong structuring of TRAI as an institution that has to deal both with the Consumer interest as well as the industry interest. These are conflicting ideologies and cannot be handled by the same institution.
It is necessary that an all India consumer association is formed to represent the Cable TV consumers and the same is given some statutory recognition under the TRAI act to provide relief to the consumers who are also affected by the same inflation which the TRAI is citing as the reason to burden them more.
Domain Name Space Control...What is brewing?
ICANN is presently facing a challenge to its Domain Name Space Control from the WSIS initiatives. Is ICANN trying to act smart?
The introduction of the "Wildcard" page by Verisign where by mistyped URLs would be redirected to its own "wild card" page with advertisements has been objected to and an arbitration notice has been served on Verisign. It is also said to be planning to terminate its contract with the Department of Commerce US.
What are the implications of these moves? ..Is ICANN trying to act smart?......Read this article by James Grimmelmann
Inspired by Film.. A Cyber Crime in Chennai
In another incident of an Internet related offence, an youth was arrested in Chennai for sending e-mails to some Government officials stating that bombs will be exploded in some Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) depots.
The incident again underscores the responsibilities of our educational institutions and work places to inculcate knowledge of Cyber Crimes and their impact on youngsters in the society.
It was sad to note that the current incident was inspired by a Tamil the film "Ramana" which was recently shown in TV where the hero revolts against the corrupt administration through a revolutionary movement.
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when you think of Dot In domain nameE-Book in Kannada on Cyber Crimes
Naavi's book in Kannada titled "Antarjaala AparadhagaLu" (Cyber Crimes) will now be available as an e-book for direct sales from naavi.org. The e-book is meant for Cyber Cafes to load in each of the computers so that users can read the book if required and familiarize themselves with their responsibilities. (Download zip file of Extracts)( See some Screenshots online)
The price of the 136 page book is Rs 100/- per book. The e-books will be in self executable Windows format and password protected. On specific request book will be given in PDF format. Contact naavi@vsnl.com for details. Payment can be made through Naavi's Payment Center.
Book on Cyber Laws in Regional Language
The first book in a regional language in India on the subject of Cyber Laws is now ready. Titled "Antarjaala Aparaadhagalu" (Cyber Crime) in Kannada, the language of Karnataka, the southern State of India. The State is known in IT world for its Capital Bangalore City often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India. The State also was the first Indian State to set up a Cyber Crime Police Station with Statewide jurisdiction and got international recognition for its e-Governance project "Bhoomi".
The objective of the book is to create Cyber regulatory awareness amongst the common masses including school children and Cyber Cafe owners.
The Book will briefly discuss provisions of Information Technology Act and the recently notified regulations on Cyber Cafes in Karnataka. (Distributor Enquiries Solicited). The book has 98 pages of content and is priced at Rs 50/-. Contact naavi@vsnl.com for details...Naavi: 20.11.2004
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720 pages of Comprehensive Coverage on Cyber Laws Naavi's "Cyber Laws in India..ITA-2000 and Beyond", first E-Book on Cyber Laws to be published in India consisting of 720 pages of comprehensive coverage on Cyber Laws and relevant issues, available for online purchase at RS 300/- in download form and at RS 400/- on CD. For more information click here. |
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