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“Defamation” as Business Strategy

Among the many abuses of the great innovation called Internet and World Wide Web is the misuse of the technology for organized defamation like what we used to refer in the physical world as “Yellow Journalism”. While some adopt abuse … Continue reading

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Media often says.. INS should first remember this policy

(This is in continuation of the earlier article) The circular issued by INS r(Indian Newspaper Society) the posting of some publications in certain WhatsApp groups by over zealous members has the following advise. 1. Take legal action against offenders, especially … Continue reading

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The Visakha Industries judgement on Section 79 of ITA 2000

On December 10, 2019, an important judgement of the Supreme Court was published in the case of Google India Vs Visakha Industries Ltd. The judgement was delivered by Justices K.M.Joseph and Ashok Bhushan. The most important take from the judgement … Continue reading

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Intermediary Guidelines: Most tech firms uncomfortable with the changes

[Discussion continued from previous articles] “Status Quo” is most comfortable for some of the tech companies as regards Intermediary guidelines is what comes out of the 609 page collection of public comments. There are a total of 141  comments which … Continue reading

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An innovative way of implementing the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79

We are all aware of UDRP or INDRP which is a Dispute Resolution Policy adopted by all Domain Name Registrars for resolving disputes arising out of conflicting domain name registrations. The policy is embedded into all domain name registration contracts … Continue reading

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Why Pull Up Central Government when the mistake lies with the State Governments?

The Supreme Court of India is hearing a petition filed by the Internet Freedom Foundation on an allegation that 22 people have been arrested under Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 which has been scrapped by the Supreme Court in the … Continue reading

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