Policy outputs

Reports, submissions, and blog posts

Reports and submissions

Research reports, whitepapers, and submissions.

Date Title publisher Categories
2019-08-05 Improving India’s Parliamentary Voting and Recordkeeping New America  
2019-03-20 Improving the processes for disclosing security vulnerabilities to government entities in India Centre for Internet and Society  
2019-01-31 Response to the Draft of The Information  Technology [Intermediary Guidelines  (Amendment) Rules], 2018 Centre for Internet and Society  
2019 Improving India’s Parliamentary Voting and Recordkeeping New America  
2018-07-28 The Centre for Internet and Society’s comments and recommendations to the Personal Data  Protection Bill Centre for Internet and Society  
2016-01-17 CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing Centre for Internet and Society  
2015-09-13 CIS Submission on CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations Centre for Internet and Society  
2015-07-08 Regulatory Perspectives on Net Neutrality Centre for Internet and Society  
2015-03-27 Response to TRAI consultation paper on regulatory framework for over-the-top (OTT) services IIM Ahmedabad & Centre for Internet and Society  
2015-03-27 Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-Top (OTT) Services Centre for Internet and Society  
2015-03-27 Background Paper to CIS Submission for TRAI Consultation on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) Services Centre for Internet and Society  
2015 Response by CIS to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the IANA Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s NTIA to the Global Multistakeholder Community Centre for Internet and Society  
2012 IP Watch List 2012 Consumers International  
2012 Counter proposal by CIS to the draft IT (Intermediary Due Diligence and Information Removal) Rules 2012 Centre for Internet and Society  
2011 IP Watch List 2011 Consumers International  
2010-10-13 The online video environment in India: a survey report iCommons, Open Video Alliance & Centre for Internet and Society  
2010-07-18 Civil Society Submission on Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 Centre for Internet and Society  
2010 Open government data study: India Transparency and Accountability Initiative  
2010 IP Watch List 2010 Consumers International  
2009 India | A2Knetwork.org    
2009 India Report - IP Watch List 2009 Consumers International  
2009 IP Watch List 2009 Consumers International  
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Blog posts on CIS website

Blog posts written while at the Centre for Internet and Society.

Date Title Categories
2017-04-25 Killing of Yameen Rasheed Reveals Worsening Human Rights Situation in the Maldives  
2016-12-12 CIS submission to TRAI consultation note on model for nation-wide interoperable and scalable public wi-fi networks  
2016-06-30 CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free Data  
2016-06-15 List of Blocked “Escort Service” Websites  
2016-06-05 CIS’s Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016  
2016-05-09 Accessible ICT Procurement  
2016-03-07 Aadhaar: Still Too Many Problems  
2016-01-29 CIS’s Comments on the CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal  
2015-10-30 How India Regulates Encryption  
2015-10-20 The “Global Multistakholder Community” is Neither Global Nor Multistakeholder  
2015-09-26 Comments on the DoT Panel Report via MyGov  
2015-09-25 Software Freedom Pledge  
2015-08-30 Response by the Centre for Internet and Society to the Draft Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration  
2015-08-03 DOT Order Blocking 857 Websites on Grounds of Decency and Morality  
2015-07-21 Clearing misconceptions: what the DoT panel report on net neutrality says (and doesn’t)  
2015-03-17 What does Facebook’s Transparency Report tell us about the Indian government’s record on free expression & privacy?  
2014-12-31 Department of Telecommunications Order u/s. 69A IT Act Blocking 32 URLS (2014-12-17, plaintext version)  
2014-12-15 Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT Act  
2014-04-23 NETmundial Transcript Archive  
2014-03-27 CIS Statement at ICANN 49’s Public Forum  
2014-03-18 NTIA to give up control of the Internet’s root  
2013-12-06 Misuse of Surveillance Powers in India (Case 1)  
2013-10-21 Tweets from Bali IGF 2013  
2013-06-28 CIS’s Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind  
2013-06-28 India’s Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind  
2013-06-25 Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired  
2013-04-25 CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13  
2013-03-31 WGIG+8: Stock-Taking, Mapping, and Going Forward  
2013-03-27 CIS Welcomes Standing Committee Report on IT Rules  
2013-03 Comments to the MHRD on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2013)  
2013-01-15 Statement of Solidarity on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Internet Users in Bangladesh  
2013-01-09 No Civil Society Members in the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee  
2013-01-09 Response to RTI on Decisions of the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee  
2012-11-25 Breaking Down Section 66A of the IT Act  
2012-11-19 Arbitrary Arrests for Comment on Bal Thackeray’s Death  
2012-11-19 Will The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) Impact Internet Governance? A Multistakeholder Perspective  
2012-11-16 Statement of Civil Society Members and Groups Participating in the “Best Bits” pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012  
2012-11-05 Indian Government’s Submission to ITU  
2012-11-03 Submission on India’s Draft Comments on Proposed Changes to the ITU’s ITRs  
2012-11-01 Submission by Indian Civil Society Organisations on Proposals for the Future ITRs and Related Processes  
2012-09-29 Feedback to Draft Copyright Rules, 2012  
2012-09-14 Counter-proposal by the Centre for Internet and Society: Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Due Diligence and Information Removal) Rules, 2012  
2012-08-31 India’s Internet Jam  
2012-08-22 Analysing Latest List of Blocked Sites (Communalism & Rioting Edition)  
2012-08-16 Consumers International IP Watchlist 2012 — India Report — The Centre for Internet and Society  
2012-07-25 CIS’s Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives  
2012-07-24 Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 24  
2012-07-23 CIS’s Statement at SCCR 24 on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty  
2012-07-22 CIS’s Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired  
2012-07-22 India’s Opening Statement on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 24  
2012-05-23 Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012  
2012-04-26 India’s Broken Internet Laws Need a Shot of Multi-stakeholderism  
2012-03-26 Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules  
2012-02-29 Comments on Technical Standards for Interoperability Framework for E-Governance in India (Phase II)  
2012-01-24 How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)  
2011-12-14 Invisible Censorship: How the Government Censors Without Being Seen  
2011-12-08 Press Coverage of Online Censorship Row  
2011-12-07 Online Pre-Censorship is Harmful and Impractical  
2011-12-01 CIS Intervention on Future Work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement  
2011-12-01 Comment by CIS at ACE on Presentation on French Charter on the Fight against Cyber-Counterfeiting  
2011-11-29 Statement of CIS on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 23rd SCCR  
2011-11-09 Sources of CIS Funding  
2011-10-31 CIS Comments on the Draft National Policy on Electronics — The Centre for Internet and Society  
2011-10-27 Analysis of DIT’s Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking  
2011-10-27 Text of DIT’s Response to Second RTI on Website Blocking — The Centre for Internet and Society  
2011-10-26 India’s Statement Proposing UN Committee for Internet-Related Policy  
2011-10-04 CIS-TWN Analysis of WIPO Treaty for the Print Disabled (SCCR/22/15)  
2011-09-09 Calling Out the BSA on Its BS  
2011-07-08 Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO  
2011-06-08 Comments on the draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy  
2011-05-25 Killing the Internet Softly with Its Rules  
2011-05-17 Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011 — India Report — The Centre for Internet and Society  
2011-05-13 Rebuttal of DIT’s Misleading Statements on New Internet Rules  
2011-04-26 CDT Provides Answers to Questions on Internet Neutrality — The Centre for Internet and Society  
2011-04-07 DIT’s Response to RTI on Website Blocking  
2011-03-21 Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011)  
2011-03-08 RTI Applications on Blocking of Websites  
2011-02-25 CIS Para-wise Comments on Intermediary Due Diligence Rules, 2011  
2011-02-25 Engaging on the Digital Commons  
2011-02-25 Exhaustion: Imports, Exports and the Doctrine of First Sale in Indian Copyright Law  
2011-02-23 CIS Comments on the Interoperability Framework for e-Governance (Phase I)  
2011-02-10 Thomas Abraham’s Rebuttal on Parallel Importation  
2011-02-01 Indian Law and “Parallel Exports”  
2011-01-25 The Online Video Environment in India : A Survey Report  
2011-01-25 Why parallel importation of books should be allowed  
2011-01-12 New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement  
2010-12-16 Problems Remain with Standing Committee’s Report on Copyright Amendments  
2010-12-05 CIS Submission on Draft Patent Manual 2010  
2010-07-18 Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010  
2010-05-13 The 2010 Special 301 report is more of the same, slightly less shrill  
2010-04-28 Technological protection measures in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010  
2010-02-22 Arguments against software patents in india  
2010-02-05 Report on the fourth Internet Governance Forum for Commonwealth IGF  
2010-02-01 CIS statement on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 19  
2010-02 Arguments Against the PUPFIP Bill  
2010-02 Short note on IT Amendment Act, 2008  
2010-01-09 Proposed Copyright Amendments from 2006  
2009-11-30 Open Standards Workshop at IGF ’09  
2009-11-04 IPv6 in India: The promises and challenges  
2009-10-20 PUPFIP Resources  
2009-09-08 World IT Forum 2009  
2009-08-24 Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates  
2009-07-29 Primer on the New IT Act  
2009-07-28 Comments on the Draft Rules under the Information Technology Act  
2009-07-28 Letter to ICANN on NCSG  
2009-07-07 Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance  
2009-07-07 Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance  
2009-06-02 Letter on South Africa’s IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations  
2009-05-25 WIPO Broadcast Treaty and webcasting  
2009-03-30 RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological University  
2008-12-13 Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary  
2008-12-08 Workshop on reforming the international ICT standardization system  
2008-12-06 DCOS Agreement on Procurement  
2008-10-04 The National Public Meeting on Software Patents  
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